metamorfosis
Metamorfosis
Has cambiado de apariencia tantas veces
que sólo te reconozco entre las sombras,
cuando regresan del norte las lechuzas
y el sapo extiende sus redes bajo el agua.
Hace treinta años tu perfil deslumbrante
se insinuó en la corteza del sauce
y en la llama desprendida de la acacia,
me consolaba tu recuerdo, la esperanza de tus besos.
Ahora padezco la piel de tus metamorfosis.
Verde o negro, tu rostro sin reflejos
anuncia los meses helados de melancolía,
la neblina que no aclara, el fulgor que no estremece.
Sólo entre sombras te conozco. Apariencia
temible, luz necesaria, esplendor de los días.
Alejandro Oliveros
Espacios en fuga
Colección La Cruz del Sur, Editorial Pre-Textos
Madrid, Buenos Aires y Valencia (2012)
Metamorphosis
You have changed your appearance so often
that I recognize you only in the shadows,
when the owls return from the north
and the toad extends its net underwater.
Thirty years ago your awesome profile
appeared subtly on the bark of the willow
and in the generous flame of the acacia tree,
your memory consoled me, the expectancy of your kisses.
Now I suffer the skin of your metamorphosis.
Green or black, your face without reflections
announces icy months of melancholy,
the mist that does not clear up, the glow that does not shudder.
Only in the shadows I have come to know you. Fearsome
appearance, necessary light, splendor of the days.
Alejandro Oliveros
Espacios en fuga
The Southern Cross Collection, Editorial Pre-Textos
Madrid , Buenos Aires and Valencia (2012)
that I recognize you only in the shadows,
when the owls return from the north
and the toad extends its net underwater.
Thirty years ago your awesome profile
appeared subtly on the bark of the willow
and in the generous flame of the acacia tree,
your memory consoled me, the expectancy of your kisses.
Now I suffer the skin of your metamorphosis.
Green or black, your face without reflections
announces icy months of melancholy,
the mist that does not clear up, the glow that does not shudder.
Only in the shadows I have come to know you. Fearsome
appearance, necessary light, splendor of the days.
Alejandro Oliveros
Espacios en fuga
The Southern Cross Collection, Editorial Pre-Textos
Madrid , Buenos Aires and Valencia (2012)
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