Soneto XC
Pensé morir, sentí de cerca el frío,
y de cuanto viví sólo a ti te dejaba:
tu boca eran mi día y mi noche terrestres
y tu piel la república fundada por mis besos.
En ese instante se terminaron los libros,
la amistad, los tesoros sin tregua acumulados,
la casa transparente que tú y yo construimos:
todo dejó de ser, menos tus ojos.
Porque el amor, mientras la vida nos acosa,
es simplemente una ola alta sobre las olas,
pero ay cuando la muerte viene a tocar a la puerta
hay sólo tu mirada para tanto vacío,
sólo tu claridad para no seguir siendo,
sólo tu amor para cerrar la sombra.
Sonnet 90
I thought I was dying, I felt the cold up close
and knew that from all my life I left only you behind:
my earthly day and night were your mouth,
your skin the republic my kisses founded.
In that instant the books stopped,
and friendship, treasure relentlessly amassed,
the transparent house that you and I built:
everything dropped away, except your eyes.
Because while life harasses us, love is
only a wave taller than the other waves:
but oh, when death comes knocking at the gate,
there is only your glance against so much emptiness,
only your light against extinction,
only your love to shut out the shadows.
Sonnet 90
ResponderEliminarI dreamt that I died: that I felt the cold close to me;
And all that was left of my life was contained in your presence:
Your mouth was the daylight and dark of my world,
Your skin the republic I shaped for myself with your kisses.
Straightway, the books of the world were all ended,
All friendships, all treasures restlessly cramming the vaults,
The diaphanous house that we built for a lifetime together –
All ceased to exist, till nothing remained but your eyes.
So long as we live, or as long as a lifetime’s vexation,
Love is a breaker thrown high on the breakers’ successions;
But when death in its time chooses to pummel the doors –
Ay! There is only your face to fill up the vacancy,
Only your clarity pressing back on the whole of non-being,
Only your love, where the dark of the world closes in.