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Nº 729 Poems

April

Inés Blanco · Luna de abril, Colombia

afbeelding bij ithaca 729 op point-editions van Inés Blanco uit Colombia

And . . . April came
with its light
of spring.

Smiling like a flower
dressed up in sunshine,
by color and harmony.

Ephemeral April . . .
like cherry blossoms,
like the hummingbird’s flutter.

Under your light I was born
with rain between my eyes;
the moon was a witness.

Inés Blanco, Luna de abril, Colombia

Translation Germain Droogenbroodt – Stanley Barkan

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ABRIL / / Y…llegó abril/con su luz/de primavera. //Sonriente como flor/ataviada de sol, /
de color y de armonía. //Abril efímero…/como las flores del cerezo, /como aleteo de colibrí. //
Bajo tu claridad nací / con lluvia entre los ojos; /la luna fue testigo.

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