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Poem

Vito Apüshana (Miguel Ángel López)

THE BEGINNING

In the beginning there was a giant
and fertile silence . . . from which flowed
bubbles that poured out the first sound
and the seeds of breath . . . 

then Thought flowered
and the lizards and the rabbits,
the daily food,
the animals of the sky
and of the bottom of the sea sprang up . . . 
and soon after the braided animal was born
shouting: 
                                                          We are what is gathered together!
                                                          We are what is gathered together!

In the beginning there was an enormous
and omnipresent silence
from there arose the braided animal
to combine the elements: 

. . . becoming a Bat: 
                                                         flight of the profound stones
. . . becoming a Jaguar:
                                                        control of the temperances 
. . . becoming a Serpent:
                                                        rope of the sun and night 

. . . becoming a voice of fire sowing:
 
                                                       We are what is gathered together! 
                                                       We are what is gathered together!

EL PRINCIPIO

EL PRINCIPIO

En el Principio era un silencio
gigante y fértil . . . de donde salieron
burbujas que derramaron el primer sonido
y las simientes del aliento . . .

entonces floreció el Pensamiento
y surgieron los lagartos y los conejos,
los alimentos diarios,
los animales del cielo
y los del fondo de la mar . . .
y poco después nació el animal trenzado,
gritando: 
                                                           ¡Somos lo congregado!
                                                           ¡Somos lo congregado!

En el Principio era un silencio
enorme y ubicuo
de allí provino el animal trenzado
a unir los elementos: 

. . . convirtiéndose en Murciélago: 
                                                       vuelo de las piedras profundas
. . . convirtiéndose en Jaguar: 
                                                     dominio de las templanzas
. . . convirtiéndose en Serpiente:
                                                      lazo del sol y la noche 

. . . convirtiéndose en voz de fuego sembrado: 

                                                          ¡Somos lo congregado!
                                                          ¡Somos lo congregado!
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THE BEGINNING

In the beginning there was a giant
and fertile silence . . . from which flowed
bubbles that poured out the first sound
and the seeds of breath . . . 

then Thought flowered
and the lizards and the rabbits,
the daily food,
the animals of the sky
and of the bottom of the sea sprang up . . . 
and soon after the braided animal was born
shouting: 
                                                          We are what is gathered together!
                                                          We are what is gathered together!

In the beginning there was an enormous
and omnipresent silence
from there arose the braided animal
to combine the elements: 

. . . becoming a Bat: 
                                                         flight of the profound stones
. . . becoming a Jaguar:
                                                        control of the temperances 
. . . becoming a Serpent:
                                                        rope of the sun and night 

. . . becoming a voice of fire sowing:
 
                                                       We are what is gathered together! 
                                                       We are what is gathered together!

THE BEGINNING

In the beginning there was a giant
and fertile silence . . . from which flowed
bubbles that poured out the first sound
and the seeds of breath . . . 

then Thought flowered
and the lizards and the rabbits,
the daily food,
the animals of the sky
and of the bottom of the sea sprang up . . . 
and soon after the braided animal was born
shouting: 
                                                          We are what is gathered together!
                                                          We are what is gathered together!

In the beginning there was an enormous
and omnipresent silence
from there arose the braided animal
to combine the elements: 

. . . becoming a Bat: 
                                                         flight of the profound stones
. . . becoming a Jaguar:
                                                        control of the temperances 
. . . becoming a Serpent:
                                                        rope of the sun and night 

. . . becoming a voice of fire sowing:
 
                                                       We are what is gathered together! 
                                                       We are what is gathered together!
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
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