Poem
Luis Eduardo Rendón
THE SPECIFIC KEY TO HEAVEN
There is no pocket where you can keep the key of heaven
nor a place in the house
or in the world
or in the soul
there is no place where it is not mislaid
nor a map that shows where to find it
nor any ironmonger that can fashion it
it can have the weight of a humming bird
or that of a hill
— such is the fog that covers it —
let no hierarch decree
the eternal difficulty of entering the ineffable kingdom
we only know of a door that must be urgently demolished
© Translation: 2006, Nicolás Suescún
LA ESPECÍFICA LLAVE DEL CIELO
LA ESPECÍFICA LLAVE DEL CIELO
No hay bolsillo donde guardar la llave del cielo
ni lugar de la casa
el mundo
o el alma
no existe donde no se extravíe
ni mapa que señale dónde encontrarla
ni ferretero alguno que pueda fabricarla
puede pesar como un colibrí
o como una colina
— tal es la niebla que la envuelve —
que no decrete jerarca alguno
la dificultad eterna de ingresar a reinos inefables
sólo sabemos de una puerta que es urgente derrumbar
© 1999, Luis Eduardo Rendón
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THE SPECIFIC KEY TO HEAVEN
There is no pocket where you can keep the key of heaven
nor a place in the house
or in the world
or in the soul
there is no place where it is not mislaid
nor a map that shows where to find it
nor any ironmonger that can fashion it
it can have the weight of a humming bird
or that of a hill
— such is the fog that covers it —
let no hierarch decree
the eternal difficulty of entering the ineffable kingdom
we only know of a door that must be urgently demolished
© 2006, Nicolás Suescún
THE SPECIFIC KEY TO HEAVEN
There is no pocket where you can keep the key of heaven
nor a place in the house
or in the world
or in the soul
there is no place where it is not mislaid
nor a map that shows where to find it
nor any ironmonger that can fashion it
it can have the weight of a humming bird
or that of a hill
— such is the fog that covers it —
let no hierarch decree
the eternal difficulty of entering the ineffable kingdom
we only know of a door that must be urgently demolished
© 2006, Nicolás Suescún
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