Poesia kaiera
Poesia kaiera
Philip Larkin
itzulpena: Juanjo Olasagarre
2023, poesia
64 orrialde
978-84-19570-16-1
Philip Larkin
1922-1985
 
 

 

XIX

Arreba itsusia

 

Nire gelaranzko hogeita hamar mailak igoko ditut,

ohean etzan;

musika, biolina, korneta eta danborra

lokar daitezela nire baitan.

 

Nerabezaroan ez nintzenez sorgindu,

ez eta maitasunerako jaio,

zuhaitzekin eta haien isiltasun jatorrarekin jardungo dut,

dabilen haizearekin.

 

XIX Ugly Sister

I will climb thirty steps to my room, / Lie on my bed; / Let the music, the violin, cornet and drum / Drowse from my head. // Since I was not bewitched in adolescence / And brought to love, / I will attend to the trees and their gracious silence, / To winds that move.