Bessboro
Esto es lo que heredo-
nunca fue mi propia vida,
sino el nombre de una casa
que oí
y que otros
escucharon como advertencia
de lo que le podría ocurrir a una chica
intrépida y con mala
suerte:
un fragmento de destino
desolado, un martillo- nota del miedo-
pero nunca vi el lugar.
Ahora que estoy parada en
la reja
y que el tiempo hace tanto
se ha ido
es su ausencia la que
llueve
que apuñala justo entre las
costuras
de mi abrigo grande, en agujas
puntiagudas, llenando el
día corto.
La reja de hierro blanca está cerrada,
la verja blanca viaja fuera
de la vista
hacia la avenida, la lluvia
oculta la distancia,
desdibujando todo sonido
y un inacabado velo de
niebla
esconde elementos de lo
conocido:
tejados y altas ventanas ciegas.
La historia se ha ido.
Versión: Marina Kohon
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin from The Girl Who Married the Reindeer, Gallery Press 2001.
Bessboro
This is what I inherit—
It was never my own life,
But a house’s name I heard
And others heard as warning
Of what might happen a girl
Daring and caught by ill-luck:
A fragment of desolate
Fact, a hammer-note of fear—
It was never my own life,
But a house’s name I heard
And others heard as warning
Of what might happen a girl
Daring and caught by ill-luck:
A fragment of desolate
Fact, a hammer-note of fear—
But I never saw the place.
Now that I stand at the gate
And that time is so long gone
It is their absence that rains,
That stabs right into the seams
Of my big coat, in pointed
Needles, crowding the short day.
Now that I stand at the gate
And that time is so long gone
It is their absence that rains,
That stabs right into the seams
Of my big coat, in pointed
Needles, crowding the short day.
The white barred gate is closed,
The white fence tracks out of sight
Where the avenue goes, rain
Veils distance, dimming all sound
And a halfdrawn lace of mist
Hides elements of the known:
Gables and high blind windows.
The story has moved away.
The white fence tracks out of sight
Where the avenue goes, rain
Veils distance, dimming all sound
And a halfdrawn lace of mist
Hides elements of the known:
Gables and high blind windows.
The story has moved away.
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