Julio Herrera y Reissig (1875-1910)
El suspiro
Quimérico a mi vera concertaba
tu busto albar su delgadez de ondina,
con mística quietud de ave marina
en una acuñación escandinava...
Era mi pena de tu dicha esclava;
y en una loca nervazón divina,
el tropel de una justa bizantina
en nuestro corazón tamborilaba...
Strauss soñó desde el atril del piano
con la sabia epilepsia de tu mano...
¡Mendigo del azul que me avasalla
-en el hosco trasluz de aquel retiro-
de la noche oriental de tu pantalla
bajó en silencio mi primer suspiro!...
Ed Leeflang (1929-2008; trans. Ed Leeflang)
Regarding the evil one
What difference does it make if he exists,
you sleep, half waking, yet you sleep
eventually through the visions
of pits that were just covered up
and little boats, chock-full
that cross wide waters
of piles of needless legs
and high black heaps of shoes
at some deserted site,
of evil that you have escaped
which needs you bitterly
to do it heart and soul.
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment