Poesia kaiera
Zapatila beltzak, Bellotti
Gurearen ondoko mahaian
Antezko zapatila txikiak kenduta,
Oinak galtzerdi zurietan bilduta
Eta zorutik musu-zapi batez zuhurki bananduta
Solasean ari da neska:
“Connaissez vous Ostende?”.
Jatetxeko beste puntan dagoen italiar andre zizakariak
Nolabaiteko hauteur batekin erantzuten dio,
Baina ni eroapenez geratzen naiz aiduru
Ikusteko Celestinek nola janzten dituen berriro zapatilak,
Auhen batekin janzten ditu berriro.
Black Slippers: Bellotti
At the table beyond us / With her little suede slippers off, / With her white-stockin’d feet / Carefully kept from the floor by a napkin, / She converses: // Connaissez-vous Ostende? // The gurgling Italian lady on the other side of the restaurant / Replies with a certain hauteur, / But I await with patience / To see how Celestine will re-enter her slippers. / She re-enters them with a groan.