Anastasio Pajuelo Gallardo — España, 1954 (Translated by José Wan Díaz)
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Desgranando el Amor La A es una escalera de ternura que igual que nos eleva a ras del cielo conduce al corazón al desconsuelo llevando alma y dolor a la amargura. La M, ¿qué será? Es la dulzura, el fuego, el manantial, el beso, el duelo, la espina del placer y del desvelo, la risa del dolor y la tortura. La O lleva en su vientre azucarado las brasas de una hoguera agonizante con un pañuelo verde a su costado. ¿La R? Es el fracaso amenazante. Es el fuego sin fe mal apagado, la cuna y el sepulcro del amante. |
Spelling out Love The L is a ladder of tenderness that can lift us on a level with heaven as well as guide our hearts to sorrow, taking soul and pain to bitterness. The O, what is it? It's sweetness, it's fire, it's flowing water, a kiss, a duel, the spine of pleasure and of sleeplessness, the laughter from pain and the torture. The V has in its sugary belly the cinders of an agonizing bonfire with a green scarf at its side. The E? It's the failure that threatens. It's a faithless fire badly put out, the crib and the tomb of the lover. |