Inextinguibles (Immutable) Poem by Delmira Agustini

Inextinguibles (Immutable)

Rating: 2.6


Spanish

¡Oh, tú que duermes tan hondo que no despiertas!
Milagrosas de vivas, milagrosas de muertas,
Y por muertas y vivas eternamente abiertas,

Alguna noche en duelo yo encuentro tus pupilas

Bajo un trapo de sombra o una blonda de luna.
Bebo en ellas la Calma como en una laguna.
Por hondas, por calladas, por buenas, por tranquilas

Un lecho o una tumba parece cada una.



English


O you who sleep so deep you cannot wake!
Every night in mourning I come upon your pupils,
Miraculous in life, miraculous in death,

And in life and death eternally open.

Beneath a remnant of shade or silk lace of moon,
I drink their calm as I would a lagoon.
For depth, for silence, for goodness, for peacefulness.

Each one seeming a bed or a tomb.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ricky Manhatten 06 March 2019

Filled with joy and tears.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 06 March 2019

Life and death eternally open. Great spiritual thing revealed.

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Dr Antony Theodore 06 March 2019

O you who sleep so deep you cannot wake! Every night in mourning I come upon your pupils, Miraculous in life, miraculous in death, coming to your pupils every night. what a fine expression. tony

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Delmira Agustini

Delmira Agustini

Montevideo / Uruguay
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