Escrito junto a una flor azul

de Pablo Antonio Cuadra

“Temo trazar el ala del gorrión

porque el pincel no dañe

su pequeña libertad.”

 

Anote

el poderoso esta ley del maestro

cuando legisle para el débil.

 

Escuche

este adagio del alfarero la muchacha

cuando mis labios se acerquen.

Written near a Blue Flower

by Pablo Antonio Cuadra

“I'm scared to sketch the swallow's wing.

What if my brush were to harm

its tiny freedom?"

 

Heed

the old master's wisdom, you with power,

when you make laws for the weak.

 

Listen

to the potter's adagio, my love,

when my lips are about to meet yours.

 

Translated by Steven F. White