On the hillock that falls as far as the rocks Poem by Carlos Obregón

(Deyá: El Puig)



On the hillock that falls as far as the rocks
the olive grove settles down its slow years.
From the sea blows a wind so profound
and so free that the day endures in it.
The foliage of the summer emits a delight
reborn in the light that becomes space
and in it flee the hours with the rivers,
invisible travelers of oblivion,
while the bells from on high call
the deep saints of this bright afternoon.

The church suffers under the sun like a rock.
The cypress lights the green prayer
of an ancient orison, and the cemetery
gives shelter to a melodious peace, ears, flowers
that are reborn under the murmur of hidden
fountains, of birds that are sleeping.