Abandono 16 comments

25 Feb 2006 @ 15:09, by monique Welcome to The NCN Poet Tree Anthology...we hope you'll enjoy this evolving, involving and revolving selection of prose from NCN poets, worldwide - submissions are welcomed. Here's an adornment of our poet tree called Abandono, by Monica Korycinska. The poem has been written in Spanish, but you can find an English translation as well. Abandono Entonces cerró los ojos y el mundo se paró, Mi sangre dejó de correr por los valles de mis venas, Entonces sus labios dejaron de hablar y la luna se quebró, Mi alma dejó de bailar en las riberas de mis penas. El cielo dejó de agacharse ofreciéndome sus nubes Y la lluvia ya no quema mis hombros desnudos, Su serenidad y mi soledad ya no andan cogidas de las manos en la orilla del mar Y el arco iris dejó de tejer sus nudos sobre el mundo. Entonces se fue y las candelas se apagaron, Se marchó y mis mundos tropezaron Dejando sólo pedazos de piedras amarillas en su vaso de café, Desvaneció como la noche al alba, robándome toda mi fe. Los ríos de lágrimas se desbordaron, inundando mi piel Y las hijas de esperanza se perdieron en los bosques, entre las sombras, Se fueron los sueños eternos que me eran tan fiel Y en mi lengua sólo me quedó el sabor a su miel. Entonces su amor se me escapó por las ventanas rotas de mi habiatción, Mi alma dejó de volar por los cielos, dejó de soñar, de respirar, Entonces mis dioses perdieron su magia, su hechizo, su prestidigitación, Con su soberbia impetuosa bajaron del paraíso para sumergirse en su mar. Entonces me dejó así, tan frágil, tan rota, Me dejó tan diáfana y perdida como una gota, Otra sombra para capturar, Otra luna para apagar, Otro respiro para sofocar. ------------- English translation: Abandonment Then he closed his eyes and the world stopped, My blood ceased to flow through the valleys of my veins, Then his lips spoke no more and the moon was ruptured, My soul no more to dance by the shores of my sorrow. The sky stopped bowing down offering me its clouds And the rain didn't burn my bare shoulders anymore, His serenity and my loneliness no longer walked hand in hand along the seashore, And the rainbow quit knitting its nodes over the world. Then he left and the candles extinguished, He left and my worlds stumbled Leaving only pieces of yellow stones in his coffee mug, He vanished like the night at dawn, stealing all my faith. Rivers of tears overflowed, inundating my skin And the daughters of hope got lost in the forests, amidst the shadows, The eternal dreams left, those who were so loyal to me And only his honey flavour remained on my tongue. Then his love ran away through the broken windows of my bedroom, My soul quit flying in the skies, quit dreaming, quit breathing, Then my gods lost their magic, their spell, their power, With impetuous pride, they fell from paradise to submerge into the sea. Then he left me in this manner, so fragile, so broken, He left me so transparent and lost like a single tear, Another shadow to capture, Another moon to extinguish. Another choked breath to suffocate. ------------ By Monica Korycinska (English translation by Silvia Martinez and Judih Haggai) [link] Monica Korycinska [link]

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