Friday, August 20, 2010

Inspiration: The Blue of the Sky or The Other Sky







Otro Cielo

No existe esponja para lavar el cielo
pero aunque pudieras enjabonarlo
y luego echarle baldes y baldes de mar
y colgarlo al sol para que se seque
siempre faltaría el pájaro en silencio
no existen métodos para tocar el cielo
pero aunque te estiraras como una palma
y lograras rozarlo en tus delirios
y supieras al fin como es al tacto
siempre te faltaría la nube de algodón

no existe un puente para cruzar el cielo
pero aunque consiguieras llegar a la otra orilla
a fuerza de memoria y pronósticos
y comprobaras que no es tan dificil
siempre te faltaría el pino del crepusculo

eso es por que se trata de un cielo que no es tuyo aunque sea impetuoso y desgarrado
en cambio cuando llegue al que te pertenece
no lo querrás lavar ni tocar ni cruzar
pero estarán el pájaro y la nube y el pino.
Mario Benedetti





























Other Sky

A sponge does not exist to wash the sky
even if you could soap it
and throw buckets and buckets of sea water on it
and to hang it in the sun so that it is dried
it would always lack the bird in silence
methods do not exist to touch the sky
even if you would stretch like a palm tree
and you would manage it in your deliriums
and you would know finally how it is to the touch
you would always need the cotton cloud

a bridge does not exist to cross the sky
even if you were able to arrive at the other border
by force of memory and prognoses
and you would verify that it is not so difficult
you would always need the pine of the twilight

that is why it is a sky that is not yours
even if it is impetuous and torn
however when you arrive at that to which you belong
you would want neither to wash nor touch nor cross
but there will be the bird and the cloud and the pine.
Mario Benedetti


I will be back in a couple of weeks.
Estare de regreso en un par de semanas!


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

These are great! I love them!

Belen Art said...

Thank you my dear Anonymous!!