Poem
Frank Báez
NOCTURNE
From this side of the jetty you can make outeach light from a building or a street lamp
as if they were boats.
Occasionally a freighter or a cruise ship leaves
the port with all of its lights glowing
and heads out across the sea.
And then you imagine those flickering
coastal lights also transforming into ships
and the houses and buildings begin to unmoor
and all of Santo Domingo sets sail.
From: Anoche soñé que era un DJ
Publisher: Libros Jai-Alai, Miami, 2014
Publisher: Libros Jai-Alai, Miami, 2014
NOCTURNE
Van deze kant van de kade ziende lichten van de gebouwen en de lantaarns langs de kust
eruit alsof het boten zijn.
Af en toe komt er een koopvaardij- of een cruiseschip
met alle verlichting aan de haven uitgevaren
klaar om de zee te doorkruisen.
Dan dringt het beeld zich aan je op dat de twinkelende lichtjes
aan de kuststrook ook boten vormen
dat de huizen en de gebouwen zich de zee op begeven
en dat heel Santo Domingo het ruime sop kiest.
© Vertaling: 2019, Luc de Rooy
NOCTURNO
De este lado del malecón se distinguenlas luces de los edificios y los faroles de la costa
como si fuesen barcos.
A veces un barco mercantil o un crucero sale
del puerto con todas sus luces prendidas
y atraviesa el mar.
Entonces uno imagina que las luces parpadeantes
de la costa también se transforman en barcos
y que las casas y edificios se desplazan por el mar
y que Santo Domingo entero se echa a navegar.
© 2014, Frank Báez
From: Anoche soñé que era un DJ
Publisher: Libros Jai-Alai, Miami
From: Anoche soñé que era un DJ
Publisher: Libros Jai-Alai, Miami
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NOCTURNE
From this side of the jetty you can make outeach light from a building or a street lamp
as if they were boats.
Occasionally a freighter or a cruise ship leaves
the port with all of its lights glowing
and heads out across the sea.
And then you imagine those flickering
coastal lights also transforming into ships
and the houses and buildings begin to unmoor
and all of Santo Domingo sets sail.
From: Anoche soñé que era un DJ
Publisher: 2014, Libros Jai-Alai, Miami
Publisher: 2014, Libros Jai-Alai, Miami
NOCTURNE
From this side of the jetty you can make outeach light from a building or a street lamp
as if they were boats.
Occasionally a freighter or a cruise ship leaves
the port with all of its lights glowing
and heads out across the sea.
And then you imagine those flickering
coastal lights also transforming into ships
and the houses and buildings begin to unmoor
and all of Santo Domingo sets sail.
From: Anoche soñé que era un DJ
Publisher: 2014, Libros Jai-Alai, Miami
Publisher: 2014, Libros Jai-Alai, Miami
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