. . . the deathless
nobility
at the core of all ordinary things
from "Word Basket Woman,"
Gary Snyder
He wakes |
El se despierta |
wound up |
dando cuerda a su |
by his unwinding |
gustado reloj |
clock, blinks |
despertador, parpadeando |
back the sleep |
detras del sueno |
of mortal extremis, |
del peligro mortal, |
drawn downstairs |
obligado baja |
to coffee and vitamins, |
por café y vitaminas, |
each restorative confounding |
cada reconstituyante confundiendo |
the work of the other. |
el trabajo del otro. |
| |
She knows his habits: |
Ella sabe sus costumbres: |
first to read, |
primero leer, |
to think, to make |
pensar, tener |
a pretense |
un fingimiento |
at leisure, |
a voluntad, |
then to shower, to groom |
entonces banarse, remover |
away the remains of |
lo restos de |
yesterday's pleasures, an hour |
placeres de ayer, una hora |
to simulate some |
para simular un poco |
manly order. |
del orden varonil. |
| |
And knowing this |
Y sabiendo esto, |
she knows the instant |
ella conoce el instante |
to enter their room, |
para entrar en su dormitorio, |
what to do, where |
que hacer, a donde |
to stand to watch his |
pararse y asi mirar su |
plain raw flesh, |
lisa y fresca piel, |
the slope of his neck, |
la pendiente de su garganta, |
one slim leg bent, one |
una escualida pierna doblado, otra |
flexed to accept the studied |
estirada aceptando el premeditado |
press of his pants. |
planchar de sus pantalones. |