Never alone, Francisco Alarcón, Mexico

Never Alone

Always
this caressing
Wind

this Earth
whispering
to our feet

this boundless
desire
of being

grass
tree
heart

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Earth
Poems and butterflies
fly with wings
over any border

Francisco Alarcón (Mexico, 1954-2016)
Translation Gabriel Rosenstock
From: Flor y Canto – Flowers and Song – Bláth agus mhrán
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Nunca solo//siempre/este Viento/acariciador/esta Tierra/que nos susurra/ a los pies/este anhelo/desmesurado/de ser/pasto/árbol/corazón
Tierra/Poemas y mariposas/con alas sobrevuelan/cualquier frontera

* The Mexican poet Francisco Alarcón wrote 20 books, also in Nahuatl, the language of the Toltecs and the Aztecs,
the original inhabitants of nowadays Mexico.