Nunca he sabido de palabras::I've never known about words
Nunca he sabido de palabras
tanto como quise.
Relegadas en un tiempo,
no me buscan.
Yo también tengo, Auden,
the best dictionaries that money can buy.
Piezas que se alinean
con ahogo.
Nuestra vida es ardua,
queda atrás,
hierve.
No quiero estilo,
sino honradez.
Gestiones, 1992, Obra entera: Poesía y prosa (1958-1995)
Fondo de Cultura Económica, México D.F. (2000)
I’ve never known about words
as much as I’ve wanted to.
Relegated to a time,
they don’t look for me.
I too, Auden, have
the best dictionaries that money can buy.
Pieces that line up
with distress.
Our life is arduous,
back there,
boiling.
I don’t want style,
but honesty.
Gestiones, 1992, Obra entera: Poesía y prosa (1958-1995)
Fondo de Cultura Económica, México D.F. (2000)
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