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𓆭 [Tree]

translated from the Western Armenian by the author
Hieroglyph Ռ [Ṙ]
Secret Potion

I
            the memory bearer
                        of a worn-out, extinct lineage

in parchment manuscripts
of dusty libraries

am searching for

a secret recipe

a magical potion
            prepared from a multitude of herbs
a royal elixir
 

so that

drinking it

my house
            shriveled up and barren

may be revived
 

 


 

𓆭 [Ծառ]

 

Մեհենագիր Ռ
Գաղտնագիր հեղուկ

 Ես
         յիշատակակիրը
                     մաշած մարած տոհմի
 
մագաղաթէ մատեաններու մէջ
փոշոտ մատենադարաններու
 
կը փնտռեմ
 
բաղադրատոմս գաղտնագիր
 
դեղ հմայական
         բոյսերէ բազմաթիւ պատրաստուած
 բալասան արքայական
 
 
         որպէսզի
 
ըմպելով
 
զարմս իմ
         խորշոմած ու ամուլ
 
առուգանայ

Copyright © 2026 by Jesse Arlen. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on April 11, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets. 

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