Poem
Mirta Rosenberg
ETHEREAL MATERIAL
My children are by far my greatest revolution.Twice I orbited complete
like a gravid planet
around the sun. I wrote new names
in the celestial script, with disquiet,
alarm, sedition.
I toasted them with other women,
with whisky and with beer,
in the planet where we women drink a toast
to things that grow, and despite them.
Happy and ill-fated, I made of my revolution
a conquest, and an open wound
of those times when I orbited complete.
I keep it fresh to let enter me
a certain unrecognisable family air
that now my children exhale
as naturally as can be.
© Translation: 2008, Julie Wark
ETHERISCHE MATERIE
Kinderen zijn van verre mijn grootste revolutie.Twee keer draaide ik volledig
als een zwangere planeet
om de zon. Ik schreef nieuwe namen
op een hemelse regel, met onrust,
drukte, muiterij.
Ik toastte op hen met andere vrouwen,
met whisky en bier,
op de planeet waar vrouwen toasten
op dingen die groeien, desondanks.
Gelukkig en ongelukkig maakte ik van mijn revolutie
een verovering, en van de keren
dat ik volledig draaide een open wonde.
Die houd ik vers, zo komt in mij
een onherkenbare familiale air opzetten
die mijn kinderen nu
veel natuurlijker uitstralen.
© Vertaling: 2008, Bart Vonck
ETÉREA MATERIA
Los hijos son por lejos mi mayor revolución.Dos veces orbité completa
como grávido planeta
alrededor del sol. Escribí nombres nuevos
en un renglón celeste, con inquietud,
alboroto, sedición.
Brindé por ellos con otras mujeres,
con whisky y con cerveza,
en el planeta donde brindamos las mujeres
por las cosas que crecen, y a pesar de ellas.
Feliz y desdichada, hice de mi revolución
una conquista, y una herida abierta
de aquellas veces que orbité completa.
La mantengo fresca para que entre en mí
cierto irreconocible aire familiar
que ahora mis hijos exhalan
con la mayor naturalidad.
© 2006, Mirta Rosenberg
From: El árbol de palabras
Publisher: Bajo la luna, Buenos Aires
From: El árbol de palabras
Publisher: Bajo la luna, Buenos Aires
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ETHEREAL MATERIAL
My children are by far my greatest revolution.Twice I orbited complete
like a gravid planet
around the sun. I wrote new names
in the celestial script, with disquiet,
alarm, sedition.
I toasted them with other women,
with whisky and with beer,
in the planet where we women drink a toast
to things that grow, and despite them.
Happy and ill-fated, I made of my revolution
a conquest, and an open wound
of those times when I orbited complete.
I keep it fresh to let enter me
a certain unrecognisable family air
that now my children exhale
as naturally as can be.
© 2008, Julie Wark
From: El árbol de palabras
From: El árbol de palabras
ETHEREAL MATERIAL
My children are by far my greatest revolution.Twice I orbited complete
like a gravid planet
around the sun. I wrote new names
in the celestial script, with disquiet,
alarm, sedition.
I toasted them with other women,
with whisky and with beer,
in the planet where we women drink a toast
to things that grow, and despite them.
Happy and ill-fated, I made of my revolution
a conquest, and an open wound
of those times when I orbited complete.
I keep it fresh to let enter me
a certain unrecognisable family air
that now my children exhale
as naturally as can be.
© 2008, Julie Wark
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