Poem
Ruy Cinatti
AMAZEMENT
What’s happening inside me is a wonder.A yes that spreads itself
until its path is lost
far off, like the fleeing
balloon of a child.
A yes of trespass,
hurled against
the stupidity of my hearing,
of my reason.
A yes which as it bursts says no to me,
with civil sensitivity.
© Translation: 2009, Alexis Levitin
O ESPANTO
O ESPANTO
O que se passa em mim é um prodígio.Um sim que se dilata
até perder o sentido
longe, como o balão
fugido da criança.
Um sim, transgredido,
arremetido
à estupidez do ouvido,
da razão.
Um sim que quando explode me diz não
com delicadeza.
© 1973, Ruy Cinatti
From: Conversa de Rotina
Publisher: Sociedade de Expansão Cultural, Lisbon
From: Conversa de Rotina
Publisher: Sociedade de Expansão Cultural, Lisbon
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AMAZEMENT
What’s happening inside me is a wonder.A yes that spreads itself
until its path is lost
far off, like the fleeing
balloon of a child.
A yes of trespass,
hurled against
the stupidity of my hearing,
of my reason.
A yes which as it bursts says no to me,
with civil sensitivity.
© 2009, Alexis Levitin
From: Conversa de Rotina
From: Conversa de Rotina
AMAZEMENT
What’s happening inside me is a wonder.A yes that spreads itself
until its path is lost
far off, like the fleeing
balloon of a child.
A yes of trespass,
hurled against
the stupidity of my hearing,
of my reason.
A yes which as it bursts says no to me,
with civil sensitivity.
© 2009, Alexis Levitin
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