Thursday, October 23, 2014

La inquietud del rosal

"The restlessness of the rose bush"
~Alfonsina Storni
El rosal en su inquieto modo de florecer
va quemando la savia que alimenta su ser.
¡Fijaos en las rosas que caen del rosal:
Tantas son que la planta morirá de este mal!
El rosal no es adulto y su vida impaciente
se consume al dar flores precipitadamente.
The rose bush in its restless kind of flowering
is burning the sap that sustains its being.
Look on the roses that fall from the bush:
So many the plant will die from the hurt!
The rose bush is not adult and its impatient
life is consumed to give flowers in haste.