el enemigo::the enemy
El enemigo
Nos mira. Nos está acechando. Dentro
de ti, dentro de mí. nos mira. Clama
sin voz, a pleno corazón. Su llama se ha encarnizado en nuestro oscuro centro.
Vive en nosotros. Quiere herirnos. Entro
dentro de ti. Aúlla, ruge, brama.
Huyo, y su negra sombra se derrama,
noche total que sale a nuestro encuentro.
Y crece sin parar. Nos arrebata
como a escamas de octubre el viento. Mata
más que el olvido. Abrasa con carbones
inextinguibles. Deja devastados
días de sueños. Malaventurados
los que le abrimos nuestros corazones.
The enemy
He looks at us. He is stalking us. Inside
of you, inside of me, he looks at us. Cries
without a voice, with a full heart. His flame has become fierce in our dark center.
He lives in us. He wants to hurt us. I enter
inside of you. He howls, roars, shrieks.
I flee, and his black shadow spills,
total night that comes to our meeting.
And he grows without stopping. He snatches from us
like October's scales the wind. He kills
more than oblivion. Swelters with inextinguishable
charcoal. Leaves days of dreams
devastated. Unfortunate
those of us who open our hearts.
José Hierro
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