Monday, September 26, 2011

Four Trees (Cuatro árboles)

for European Day of Languages

Amanecia --
en la flor azul,
la canta abejita.

Daybreak --
in the blue flower,
a bee sings.

--

Una hoja de oro
flota
en el aire blanco --
capturado en una cuchilla de telaraña.

A gold leaf
floats
in the white air -
captured in a blade of spider web.

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Tristeza --
asesinado por una mariposa.

Sadness --
cut down by a butterfly.

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Setas,
que los paraguas de la pasión!
Mantequilla. Sí.

Mushrooms,
you umbrellas of passion!
Butter. Yes.

2 comments:

Indigo Bunting said...

Yes.

gary barwin said...

Lovely.

Do you know the actress Helen Twelvetrees?

Here's some 4 trees cut into another table:


a spider’s web, a butterfly
the sadness of umbrellas
day breaks what night repairs

Hope you're well!

Gary