Poem
Maruja Vieira
PEACE
Beyond this cloud of ashesman hopes.
He hopes the darkness will return to him
his legacy of hope,
his ancient transparent map.
Man wants a moment of silence
so that the child may say his first word.
That word
which is never ‘war’
which is never ‘death’.
© Translation: 2005, Aurora Arciniegas
PAZ
PAZ
Más allá de esta nube de cenizael hombre espera.
Espera que la sombra le devuelva
su herencia de esperanza,
su antiguo mapa transparente.
El hombre quiere un poco de silencio
para que el hijo diga su primera palabra.
Esa palabra
que nunca es ‘guerra’
que nunca es ‘muerte’.
© 2006, Maruja Vieira
From: Unpublished
From: Unpublished
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PEACE
Beyond this cloud of ashesman hopes.
He hopes the darkness will return to him
his legacy of hope,
his ancient transparent map.
Man wants a moment of silence
so that the child may say his first word.
That word
which is never ‘war’
which is never ‘death’.
© 2005, Aurora Arciniegas
From: Unpublished
From: Unpublished
PEACE
Beyond this cloud of ashesman hopes.
He hopes the darkness will return to him
his legacy of hope,
his ancient transparent map.
Man wants a moment of silence
so that the child may say his first word.
That word
which is never ‘war’
which is never ‘death’.
© 2005, Aurora Arciniegas
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