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Lucía Estrada

Cosima Wagner

I will offer my eyes
to the passing by of the nocturnal mare,
I will offer my fever,
the arch of midnight;
because you are in the depths,
because it is your image
that is hidden behind the helmet.

A mortal dance
in the white belly
of the sounds that cross each other.

We are angels taking root
there where nobody dreams.

The house is empty
and the ear.
You can enter galloping
in the kingdom of the kettledrums
and the flutes.

You can die
so that the music
goes on ascending.

Cosima Wagner

Cosima Wagner

Ofreceré mis ojos
al paso de la yegua nocturna,
ofreceré mi fiebre,
el arco de la medianoche;
porque tú estás al fondo,
porque es tu imagen
la que se oculta bajo el yelmo.

Una danza mortal
en el vientre blanco
de los sonidos que se cruzan.

Somos ángeles enraizados
allí donde nadie sueña.

La casa está vacía
y el oído.
Puedes entrar a galope
en el reino de los timbales
y las flautas.

Puedo morir
para que la música
siga en ascenso.
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Cosima Wagner

I will offer my eyes
to the passing by of the nocturnal mare,
I will offer my fever,
the arch of midnight;
because you are in the depths,
because it is your image
that is hidden behind the helmet.

A mortal dance
in the white belly
of the sounds that cross each other.

We are angels taking root
there where nobody dreams.

The house is empty
and the ear.
You can enter galloping
in the kingdom of the kettledrums
and the flutes.

You can die
so that the music
goes on ascending.

Cosima Wagner

I will offer my eyes
to the passing by of the nocturnal mare,
I will offer my fever,
the arch of midnight;
because you are in the depths,
because it is your image
that is hidden behind the helmet.

A mortal dance
in the white belly
of the sounds that cross each other.

We are angels taking root
there where nobody dreams.

The house is empty
and the ear.
You can enter galloping
in the kingdom of the kettledrums
and the flutes.

You can die
so that the music
goes on ascending.
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
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Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
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VDM
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