Poem
Lauren Mendinueta
THE YEARS PASS THUS
The years passand though life accuses me of immobility
I have also traveled.
Like a particle of dust
I have fluttered through the house
and taken root on the books.
Like an insect I have rested on the banks of ditches,
or I have simply been a woman
who has looked out to sea
from afternoon to afternoon
searching for boats, forgotten by the fog,
which return to memory,
without any hope
aside from death.
© Translation: 2010, Constance Lardas
ASÍ PASAN LOS AÑOS
ASÍ PASAN LOS AÑOS
Pasan los años,y aunque la vida me acusa de inmovilidad,
también yo he viajado.
Como una partícula de polvo
he revoloteado por la casa y me he prendido a los libros.
Como un insecto he reposado a la orilla de las acequias,
o simplemente he sido una mujer que de tarde en tarde
ha mirado hacia el mar
buscando barcos olvidados por la neblina
y que vuelven a la memoria,
sin esperanza distinta de la muerte.
© 2005, Lauren Mendinueta
From: La Vocación Suspendida
Publisher: Point de Lunettes, Sevilla
From: La Vocación Suspendida
Publisher: Point de Lunettes, Sevilla
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THE YEARS PASS THUS
The years passand though life accuses me of immobility
I have also traveled.
Like a particle of dust
I have fluttered through the house
and taken root on the books.
Like an insect I have rested on the banks of ditches,
or I have simply been a woman
who has looked out to sea
from afternoon to afternoon
searching for boats, forgotten by the fog,
which return to memory,
without any hope
aside from death.
© 2010, Constance Lardas
From: La Vocación Suspendida
From: La Vocación Suspendida
THE YEARS PASS THUS
The years passand though life accuses me of immobility
I have also traveled.
Like a particle of dust
I have fluttered through the house
and taken root on the books.
Like an insect I have rested on the banks of ditches,
or I have simply been a woman
who has looked out to sea
from afternoon to afternoon
searching for boats, forgotten by the fog,
which return to memory,
without any hope
aside from death.
© 2010, Constance Lardas
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