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Horacio Benavides

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For a Mouth

Your mouth
was the music
that guided
my lost head

The splendid
purple rose
of dreams

The unseen rose
that tormented
my vigils.

© Translation: 2006, Nicolás Suescún

Para una boca

Para una boca

Tu boca
era la música
que guiaba
mi cabeza perdida

La espléndida
rosa púrpura
del sueño

La rosa no vista
que atormentaba
mis vigilias

© 2006, Horacio Benavides
From: Todo lugar para el desencuentro
Publisher: J Gobernación de Norte de Santander, Cúcuta

Horacio Benavides

Horacio Benavides

(Colombia, 1949)

Horacio Benavides has published eight books of poetry, the last two of which: Sin razón florecer (To blossom without reason) and Todo lugar para el desencuentro (All the places for mix-ups), won important national prizes. He edits children’s books and has also written a couple himself.

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For a Mouth

Your mouth
was the music
that guided
my lost head

The splendid
purple rose
of dreams

The unseen rose
that tormented
my vigils.

© 2006, Nicolás Suescún
From: Todo lugar para el desencuentro

For a Mouth

Your mouth
was the music
that guided
my lost head

The splendid
purple rose
of dreams

The unseen rose
that tormented
my vigils.

© 2006, Nicolás Suescún

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