David Ferry (Orange, EE. UU., 1924-Lexington, EE. UU., 2023)

 

 

 

A SALLY

 

Hemos pasado la noche despiertos

esperando descubrir

de qué trata la historia.

 

 

Contemplo tu bello y sereno rostro:

es como si no supieras

todo lo que sabes.

 

Con tu madre al borde de la muerte hablas

de algo gracioso que ha ocurrido.

¿Qué podrá ocurrir

 

antes de que termine tu historia?

A las personas buenas se las castiga

como al resto.

 

 

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en "Of No Country I Know: New and Selected Poems and Translations", University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1999. Versión de J. G. En la imagen, David Ferry (Orange, EE. UU., 1924-Lexington, EE. UU., 2023 / Wellesley Magazine).

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TO SALLY

 

Now we've been sitting up all night,

Waiting to find out

What the story is.

 

I watch your beautiful patient face:

It's as if you didn't know

All that you know.

 

Your mother in mortal danger, you speak

Of something funny that happened.

What will have happened,

 

Maybe, before your story's finished?

Good people are punished

Like all the rest.

 

(Fuente: Jonio González)