from “TEN
OVERTURES TO THE BELOVED”
"If you find
me nocturnal and flawed
Look
again. Because tonight
I looked at
me as though you were looking.
And it was
like water
Wanting
To slip its
home from the river
Without even
touching the bank.
I looked at
you. I’ve known for so long
That I’m
land. For so long
I’ve prayed
Your body of
water most fraternal
Would
stretch out over mine. Shepherd and
sailor
Look again.
Less loftiness.
More care."
(tr. Beatrice Bastos)
_____________________
Desire
"Because
there is desire within me, everything glimmers.
Before, daily life was thinking of heights
Seeking Another decanted
Deaf to my human bark.
Sap and sweat, they never came to be.
Today, flesh and bones, laborious, lascivious
You take my body. And what rest you give me
After the readings. I dreamt of cliffs
When there was a garden by my side.
I thought of climbs where there were no signs.
Ecstatic, I fuck you
Instead of yapping at Nothingness."
(tr. Lavinia Saad)
Before, daily life was thinking of heights
Seeking Another decanted
Deaf to my human bark.
Sap and sweat, they never came to be.
Today, flesh and bones, laborious, lascivious
You take my body. And what rest you give me
After the readings. I dreamt of cliffs
When there was a garden by my side.
I thought of climbs where there were no signs.
Ecstatic, I fuck you
Instead of yapping at Nothingness."
