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Paz—‘Motion/Movimiento’

By Scott Horton

[Image]
Diego Rivera, La era (1904)

Si tú eres la yegua de ámbar

yo soy el camino de sangre

Si tú eres la primer nevada

yo soy el que enciende el brasero del alba

Si tú eres la torre de la noche

yo soy el clavo ardiendo en tu frente

Si tú eres la marea matutina

yo soy el grito del primer pájaro

Si tú eres la cesta de naranjas

yo soy el cuchillo de sol

Si tú eres el altar de piedra

yo soy la mano sacrílega

Si tú eres la tierra acostada

yo soy la caña verde

Si tú eres el salto del viento

yo soy el fuego enterrado

Si tú eres la boca del agua

yo soy la boca del musgo


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If you are the amber mare

I am the road of blood

If you are the first snow

I am he who lights the hearth of dawn

If you are the tower of night

I am the spike burning in your mind

If you are the morning tide

I am the first bird’s cry

If you are the basket of oranges

I am the knife of the sun

If you are the stone altar

I am the sacrilegious hand

If you are the sleeping land

I am the green cane

If you are the wind’s leap

I am the buried fire

If you are the water’s mouth

I am the mouth of moss

finish reading ‘Motion’ here

Octavio Paz, Movimiento from: Collected Poems: 1957-1987 (transl. Eliot Weinberger)

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