Poem
Héctor Rojas Herazo
The gymnast
In the brief fortunethe myth of your wings
the order, the grace and the energy of your limbs.
Oh, you solar one!
the toughest and most elastic
the one in whom beauty moans
prisoner of the tendon and the torso
and the sea on the cheek like a symbol.
You concentrate in yourself
the nettle that crushes the impetus of the bull
and the air that has feasted the bunch of grapes
and relaxes the lips and the hip of a god
menaced in the joy of your arm.
Now you raise up time in the arrow
you breathe in time
you steal the blood from the marble
and you waste the blue like a bird flying.
© Translation: 2005, Nicolás Suescún
El Gimnasta
El Gimnasta
En la breve fortunael mito de tus alas
el orden, la gracia y la energía de tus miembros.
¡Oh solar!
el más duro y elástico
el que en belleza gime
prisionero del tendón y del torso
y el mar en la mejilla como un símbolo.
Concentras en ti
la ortiga que aniquila el ímpetu del toro
y el aire que ha festejado el racimo
y distiende los labios y la cadera del dios
amenazados en la alegría de tu brazo.
Ahora empinas el tiempo en el venablo
respiras a compás
hurtas la sangre al mármol
y derrochas azul como un pájaro en vuelo.
© 1961, Héctor Rojas Herazo
From: Agresión de las formas contra el ángel
Publisher: Editorial Kelly, Bogotá
From: Agresión de las formas contra el ángel
Publisher: Editorial Kelly, Bogotá
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The gymnast
In the brief fortunethe myth of your wings
the order, the grace and the energy of your limbs.
Oh, you solar one!
the toughest and most elastic
the one in whom beauty moans
prisoner of the tendon and the torso
and the sea on the cheek like a symbol.
You concentrate in yourself
the nettle that crushes the impetus of the bull
and the air that has feasted the bunch of grapes
and relaxes the lips and the hip of a god
menaced in the joy of your arm.
Now you raise up time in the arrow
you breathe in time
you steal the blood from the marble
and you waste the blue like a bird flying.
© 2005, Nicolás Suescún
From: Agresión de las formas contra el ángel
From: Agresión de las formas contra el ángel
The gymnast
In the brief fortunethe myth of your wings
the order, the grace and the energy of your limbs.
Oh, you solar one!
the toughest and most elastic
the one in whom beauty moans
prisoner of the tendon and the torso
and the sea on the cheek like a symbol.
You concentrate in yourself
the nettle that crushes the impetus of the bull
and the air that has feasted the bunch of grapes
and relaxes the lips and the hip of a god
menaced in the joy of your arm.
Now you raise up time in the arrow
you breathe in time
you steal the blood from the marble
and you waste the blue like a bird flying.
© 2005, Nicolás Suescún
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