Poem
Giovanny Gómez
ABOUT A WOOD WE SWEAR IS BURNT DOWN
It is useless to know how much we expect from a lovewhen the house falls down upon us
and garments go on being naked
with the laughter of a nature we sip down slowly
It is this wood of memory we swear is burnt down
where the wish to find
returns to what you stole once
in those dreams
in those insufficient poems
that will follow us now
that will never be
© Translation: 2007, Nicolás Suescún
DE UN BOSQUE QUE JURAMOS QUEMADO
DE UN BOSQUE QUE JURAMOS QUEMADO
Es inútil saber cuánto esperamos por un amorcuando la casa se nos viene encima
y los vestidos siguen desnudos
con la risa de una naturaleza que nos tomamos a sorbos
Es este el bosque de la memoria que juramos quemado
donde el deseo de encontrar
vuelve a lo que alguna vez robaste
en esos sueños
en esos poemas insuficientes
que no nos sucederán ahora
que no serán nunca
© 2006, Giovanny Gómez
From: Casa de humo
From: Casa de humo
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ABOUT A WOOD WE SWEAR IS BURNT DOWN
It is useless to know how much we expect from a lovewhen the house falls down upon us
and garments go on being naked
with the laughter of a nature we sip down slowly
It is this wood of memory we swear is burnt down
where the wish to find
returns to what you stole once
in those dreams
in those insufficient poems
that will follow us now
that will never be
© 2007, Nicolás Suescún
From: Casa de humo
From: Casa de humo
ABOUT A WOOD WE SWEAR IS BURNT DOWN
It is useless to know how much we expect from a lovewhen the house falls down upon us
and garments go on being naked
with the laughter of a nature we sip down slowly
It is this wood of memory we swear is burnt down
where the wish to find
returns to what you stole once
in those dreams
in those insufficient poems
that will follow us now
that will never be
© 2007, Nicolás Suescún
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