Poem
Raúl Gómez Jattin
On what I am
In this bodyin which life is already getting dark
I live
Soft belly and balding head
A few teeth
And I inside
like a condemned man
I am inside and I am in love
and I am old
I make out the meaning of my pain with poetry
and the result is especially painful
voices that announce: here comes your anguish
Broken voices: your days are over
Poetry is the only companion
get used to its knives
because it’s the only one
© Translation: 2004, Nicolás Suescún
De lo que soy
De lo que soy
En este cuerpoen el cual la vida ya anochece
vivo yo
Vientre blando y cabeza calva
Pocos dientes
Y yo adentro
como un condenado
Estoy adentro y estoy enamorado
y estoy viejo
Descifro mi dolor con la poesía
y el resultado es especialmente doloroso
voces que anuncian: ahí vienen tus angustias
voces quebradas pasaron ya tus días
La poesía es la única compañera
acostúmbrate a sus cuchillos
que es la única
From: Retratos (Tríptico cereteano)
Publisher: Fundación Simón y Lola Guberek, Bogotá
Publisher: Fundación Simón y Lola Guberek, Bogotá
Poems
Poems of Raúl Gómez Jattin
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On what I am
In this bodyin which life is already getting dark
I live
Soft belly and balding head
A few teeth
And I inside
like a condemned man
I am inside and I am in love
and I am old
I make out the meaning of my pain with poetry
and the result is especially painful
voices that announce: here comes your anguish
Broken voices: your days are over
Poetry is the only companion
get used to its knives
because it’s the only one
© 2004, Nicolás Suescún
From: Retratos (Tríptico cereteano)
From: Retratos (Tríptico cereteano)
On what I am
In this bodyin which life is already getting dark
I live
Soft belly and balding head
A few teeth
And I inside
like a condemned man
I am inside and I am in love
and I am old
I make out the meaning of my pain with poetry
and the result is especially painful
voices that announce: here comes your anguish
Broken voices: your days are over
Poetry is the only companion
get used to its knives
because it’s the only one
© 2004, Nicolás Suescún
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