Prometheus
I don’t want to live with your ghost
It’s you
you I love
the light in your eyes
in mine
your lips naming me
kissing me
the taste of your skin
the scent of your body
your fingers entwined
in my hair
your footsteps
showing me the way.
I don’t want to imagine you
in a cloud
or wait for you in my dreams
or chew on faded memories.
It’s you
you I love
your eyes
your lips
your hands.
Your absence is a crow
gnawing my entrails
and I am tied to time
and cannot escape.
by Claribel Alegría
from Sorrow
Curbstone Press
translation- Carolyn Forché
__________
The Spanish:
Prometeo
No quiero vivir con tu fantasma
a ti
a ti te quiero
a la luz de tus ojos
en los mios
a tus labios nombrándome
besándome
al sabor de tu piel
al odor de tu cuerpo
a tus dedos enredándose
en mi pelo
a tus pasos señalándome
el camino.
No quiero adivinarte
en una nube
ni acecharte en el sueño
ni masticar memorias
ya marchitas.
A ti
a ti te quiero
a tus ojos
a tus labios
a tus manos
es en cuervo tu ausencia
que me roe
y estoy atada al tiempo
y no puedo escapar.
by Claribel Alegría
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