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Poem

Giovanny Gómez

BUT TO GIVE BACK THE LIGHT
IS TO SURRENDER
A SAD HALF OF SHADOW

If dreams are bound to the weight of blood
each dream becomes drunk on the side where the origin
settles where the wind blows slower

If I sleep on one side
the shores of the sea come up to my eyes
the moist wind grows silent
and the stones are light
making your worldly belongings 
insignificant

Vision can be dizziness
a current that carries your life
dissolving this young yearning to sleep in any place
because good judgement is a ship
that does not moor anywhere

MAS DEVOLVER LA LUZ
ES ENTREGAR DE SOMBRA
UNA TRISTE MITAD

MAS DEVOLVER LA LUZ
ES ENTREGAR DE SOMBRA
UNA TRISTE MITAD

Si el sueño está ligado al peso de la sangre
cada sueño se embriaga del lado donde reposa
el origen donde fluye más lento el aire

Si me duermo de un lado
orillas del mar vienen hasta los ojos
se calla el viento húmedo
y están livianas las piedras
que vuelven insignificantes
tus pertenencias en el mundo

La visión puede ser el mareo
una corriente en la que llevando tu vida
se deshacen estas ansias jóvenes de dormir en cualquier lado
porque la sensatez es un barco
que no atraca en ninguna parte
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BUT TO GIVE BACK THE LIGHT
IS TO SURRENDER
A SAD HALF OF SHADOW

If dreams are bound to the weight of blood
each dream becomes drunk on the side where the origin
settles where the wind blows slower

If I sleep on one side
the shores of the sea come up to my eyes
the moist wind grows silent
and the stones are light
making your worldly belongings 
insignificant

Vision can be dizziness
a current that carries your life
dissolving this young yearning to sleep in any place
because good judgement is a ship
that does not moor anywhere

BUT TO GIVE BACK THE LIGHT
IS TO SURRENDER
A SAD HALF OF SHADOW

If dreams are bound to the weight of blood
each dream becomes drunk on the side where the origin
settles where the wind blows slower

If I sleep on one side
the shores of the sea come up to my eyes
the moist wind grows silent
and the stones are light
making your worldly belongings 
insignificant

Vision can be dizziness
a current that carries your life
dissolving this young yearning to sleep in any place
because good judgement is a ship
that does not moor anywhere
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
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VDM
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