Monday, June 23, 2014

¡Sueños Dulces, Niño!

"Noche"
~Gabriela Mistral
Las montañas se deshacen,
el ganado se ha perdido;
el sol regresa a su fragua:
todo el mundo se va huido.

Se va borrando la huerta,
la granja se ha sumergido
y mi cordillera sume
su cumbre y su grito vivo.

Las criaturas resbalan
de soslayo hacia el olvido,
y también los dos rodamos
hacia la noche, mi niño.
The mountains are being undone,
and the winner has been lost,
the sun's returning to its forge:
all the world has almost crossed.

The orchard's about to be deleted,
and the farm has been submerged
and my mountain range shall add
its summit and its lively surge.

The creatures they are slipping
obliquely into dark beguiled,
and as well we two are rolling
into the night, my child.