Poesia kaiera
Izeba Jenniferren tigreak
Izeba Jenniferren tigreak oihalean jauzi-jauzi
denak mundu berde baten topazio distiratsuan bizi.
Zuhaizpeko gizonei tigreek ikararik ez;
hor ibiltzen dira zaldunen segurtasun dotorez.
Izeba Jennifer, behatza artilean astintzen ari
baina nekez ia ezin eragin bolizko orratzari.
Zama izugarri, osabaren ezkon-eraztuna
izeba Jenniferren eskuan zeharo astuna.
Izebak, hiltzean, esku hil laborrituetan oraindik
izango du mendean zuten sufrikarioen eraztunik.
Baina behin egin zuen oihaleko tigreek baietz
segitu hor jauzi-jauzika, harro eta beldur ments.
Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen, / Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. / They do not fear the men beneath the tree; / They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. // Aunt Jennifer's finger fluttering through her wool / Find even the ivory needle hard to pull. / The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band / Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand. // When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie / Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by. / The tigers in the panel that she made / Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.