Madrigal
–Octavio PazMore transparent
than this water dropping
through the vine’s twined fingers
my thought stretches a bridge
from yourself to yourself
Look at you
truer than the body you inhabit
fixed at the center of my mindYou were born to live on an island.
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Madrigal
Más transparenteque esa gota de aguaentre los dedos de la enredaderami pensamiento tiende un puentede ti misma a ti mismaMíratemás real que el cuerpo que habitasfija en el centro de mi frenteNaciste para vivir en una isla