balada de lo que oí::ballad of what I heard
Balada de lo que oí
No supe quién me lo dijo.
El acento, divino.
No supe quién me lo dijo.
No corrí tras los detalles
cuando oí lo infinito.
No supe quién me lo dijo.
Lo oí.
¡Dichoso el oído mío!
En ese instante se hizo en mí lo armonioso.
Lo que oí va eterno y limpio.
Y qué tremenda la gracia
de no saber quién me lo dijo.
Ballad of what I heard
I didn't know who told me.
The accent, heavenly.
I didn't know who told me.
I didn't run after the details
when I heard the infinite.
I didn't know who told me.
I heard it.
Blessed is my ear!
At that instant the harmonious came into me.
What I heard is eternal and clean.
And how tremendous the grace
of not knowing who told me.
Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva
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