apenas acabe la dicha

APENAS ACABE LA DICHA

regresaré al cuerpo estropeado

habrá transcurrido tanto

desde la parca alegría

tanto desde que fui cautelosa

entera

me haré de un rostros altanero

de rasgos confusos

cicatrices que asusten

hablaré otra lebgua

por si alguien se acerca

nunca se entenderá

cuánto miedo me tengo

cuánto asco

Jacqueline Goldberg

Víspera (2000), Versos Predadores

Editorial Equinoccio, USB, Caracas (2007)

AS SOON AS THE JOY ENDS

I will return to the damaged body

so much has gone by

since the modest cheerfulness

so much since I was cautious

whole

I will make myself a haughty face

of confusing features

scary scars

I will speak another tongue

in case someone comes near

it will never be understood

how much fear I have of myself

how much disgust

Jacqueline Goldberg
Víspera (2000), Versos Predadores
Equinox Editorial Press, USB, Caracas (2007)