Poesia kaiera
Poesia kaiera
Edna St. Vincent Millay
itzulpena: Ana Morales
2021, poesia
64 orrialde
978-84-17051-65-5
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1892-1950
 
 

 

E. St. V. M. [1]

 

Ilea, andreak oraindik ere fede sutsuz gorritzat duena.

Begi kolorgeak,

Harridura umetar bat

Darabiltenak

Zeinerako estatistikoki ez duten

Eskubiderik.

Aho handia,

Lizuna,

Biraoek ozpindua.

Idun luzea,

Egunen batean

Estrangulatua izango dena.

Beso meheak,

Uda partean

Orinez lehoinabar.

Gorputz txikia,

Ez-esklamatiboa,

Baina,

Modan balego arropa barik ibiltzea,

Beste edozein

Bezain ondo jantzita legokeena.

 

 

 

[1] Edmund Wilson adiskide eta kritikariari Millayk 1920an bidalitako gutun batean egindako autorretratu ironikoa, zenbait kritikarik beraz esan ohi zituztenak parodiatzen dituena. I. O.

 

E. St. V. M.

Hair which she still devoutly trusts is red. / Colorless eyes, employing / A childish wonder / To which they have not statistic / Title. / A large mouth, / Lascivious, / Aceticized by blasphemies. / A long throat, / Which will someday / Be strangled. / Thin arms, / In the summer-time leopard / With freckles. / A small body, / Unexclamatory, / But which, / Were it the fashion to wear no clothes, / Would be as well-dressed / As any.