Madrigal
More transparent
then this water dropping
through the vine’s twined fingers
my thought stretches a bridge
from yourself to yourself
……………………………………Look at you
more real than the body you inhabit
fixed at the center of my mind
You were born to live on an island.
by Octavio Paz
from The Collected Poems 1957-1987
Cacanet Press Limited,1988
Madrigal -original; Spanish
Más transparente
que esa gota de agua
entre los dedos de la enredadera
mí pensamiento tiende un puente
de ti misma a ti misma
……………………………….. Mírate
más real que el cuerpo que habitas
fija en el centro de mi frente
Naciste para vivir en un isla
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