Translation: Sarah J. Turtle &
Iņaki Mendiguren
A simple difficulty
Life is no more than a mere difficulty
ever since I fell into the hole of your eyes,
and I know not how to swallow these cherry tears
as I go round and round your pupils.
From this lookout I wanted to know
what you see differently, what, apart from me,
was revolving, as the world does,
in the pupils of your eyes.
In a blink I could've come out of the waterfall of these eyelashes
but you kept me prisoner behind your closed eyelids.
That's why I know you will no longer see me
as I am.
I have swept the questions under the carpet
and have turned the key,
while the world turns on its axis.
© Leire Bilbao
© of the translation: Sarah J. Turtle & Iņaki Mendiguren