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Translation
Alfonsina and the sea
By the soft sand that the sea licks
Her small step no longer comes back
Only a path of sorrow and silence arrived
to the deep water.
Only a path of mute pains arrived
until the spume.
God knows what anguish accompanied you,
What old pains your voice didn’t reveal
To lie you down, soothed by the song
of the sea conchs.
The song that the conch sings in the dark depth of the sea.
You're leaving, Alfonsina, with your loneliness
What new poems did you go to look for?
An ancient voice of wind and salt
It's breaking your soul, and it's taking it away
And you’re going towards over there like in dreams,
Asleep, Alfonsina, dressed of sea.
Five little sirens will take you
Along seaweed and coral paths
And phosphorescent hippocampus will make
A round beside you.
And the inhabitants of the water will soon play beside you.
Reduce the lamp a little more
Nurse*, let me that I sleep in peace
And if he calls, don't tell him I'm here
Tell him that Alfonsina no longer comes back.
And if he calls, never tell him I'm here
Say I’m gone.
You're leaving, Alfonsina, with your loneliness
What new poems did you go to look for?
An ancient voice of wind and salt
It's breaking your soul, and it’s taking it away
And you’re going there like in dreams,
Asleep, Alfonsina, dressed of sea.
And you’re going towards over there like in dreams,
Asleep, Alfonsina, dressed of sea.
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La Isabel on 2022-09-25
La Isabel on 2022-09-25Last edited by La Isabel on 2022-09-29
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About translator
* Alfonsina Storni had breast cancer, her suicide inspired this song "Alfonsina y el mar", written by Ariel Ramirez and Felix Luna.