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El Poeta Y La Ilusion (The Poet And The Illusion)

Spanish

 

La princesita hipsipilo, la vibrátil filigrana,

—Princesita ojos turquesas esculpida en porcelana—

Llamó una noche a mi puerta con sus manitas de lis.

Vibró el cristal de su voz como una flauta galana.

 

—Yo sé que tu vida es gris.

Yo tengo el alma de rosa, frescuras de flor temprana,

Vengo de un bello país

A ser tu musa y tu hermana!—

 

Un abrazo de alabastro…luego en el clavel sonoro

De su boca, miel suavísima; nube de perfume y oro

La pomposa cabellera me inundó como un diluvio.

O miel, frescuras, perfumes!…Súbito el sueño, la sombra

Que embriaga..Y, cuando despierto, el sol que alumbra en mi alfombra

Un falso rubí muy rojo y un falso rizo muy rubio!

 

 

 

English

 

The amazonian little princess, a vibratile filagree,

—Turquoise eyes sculpted of porcelain, little princess—

Called one night at my door with her small hands of iris.

And the trilling crystal of her voice was like an elegant flute:

 

—I know your life is gray.

I have the soul of a rose, the dew of budding flowers,

I come from a beautiful country

To be your sister and muse!—.

 

An arm of alabaster…then, in the sonorous carnation

Of her mouth, softest honey; in a cloud of gold and perfume

She surrounded me, brash horsewoman, like a deluge.

Oh honey, freshness, perfumer!…The sudden dream, the shadow

Which intoxicates…and when I wake, the sun that falls on my carpet

In a false ruby very red, and a false ringlet very blond.

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Delmira Agustini
1886-1914 / Uruguay
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