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41 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1962
5
por un minuto de vida breve
única de ojos abiertos
por un minuto de ver
en el cerebro flores pequeñas
danzando como palabras en la
boca de un mudo
~
for a minute of this brief life
open eyes
for a minute to see
in the mind tiny flowers
dancing like words in the mouth of a mute
15
Extraño desacostumbrarme
de la hora en que nací.
Extraño no ejercer más
oficio de recién llegada.
~
It is strange to be unfamiliar
with the time I was born.
It is strange not to be
a new arrival anymore.
23
...la rebelión consiste en mirar una
rosa
hasta pulverizarse los ojos
~
...rebellion is to look at a
rose
until your eyes pulverize
38
Este canto arrepentido, vigía
detrás de mis poemas:
este canto me desmiente, me
amordaza.
~
This regretful song, an observer
behind my poems:
this song belies me, it
silences me.
5.
for just a brief moment of living
the only one with open eyes
for just a minute of seeing
little flowers on the brain
dancing like words in a mute man's mouth
9.
these fossils gleaming in the night,
these words like precious stones
in the living throat of an ossified bird,
this gorgeous green,
this searing lilac,
this heart that is nothing but mystery.
13.
to explain with words of this world
that a ship set sail from me and took me with her.
23.
a view from the gutters
could be a vision of the world
rebellion means looking at a rose
until your eyes are turned to dust
37.
beyond the reach of every forbidden region
lies a mirror for our sorrowful transparency.