XX

Daybreak.
The branch leans
its thin profile
to the windows, the body, of your eyes.

Birds, eyelids
The pupil
slightly turns toward
the sketched light.
Dawn, breaks
body, becomes the day.

Could the day stand still
by the naked branch,
be no more than an awakening.

JOSÉ ÁNGEL VALENTE, Spain (1929 – 2000)
Translation: Germain Droogenbroodt – Stanley H. Barkan

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XX // Amanecer./La rama tiende/su delgado perfil/a las ventanas, cuerpo, de tus ojos. //
Párpados. Párpados/Se posa/apenas la pupila/en la esbozada luz./Adviene, advienes,/cuerpo, el día./Podría
el día detenerse/en la desnuda rama./ser sólo el despertar.