April 28th
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FUIMOS CASI LÍQUIDAS
De aguas cristalinas
Era aquél paisaje.
Fuimos casi líquidas.
Agua. Hija. Madre.
Tu amparo y tu arrullo,
Tu abrazo, acunándome.
Tu mirada acuática,
Tu amor cobijándome.
Reverberaciones,
De un remoto instante,
Fuimos casi líquidas.
Agua. Hija. Madre.
FUIMOS CASI LÍQUIDAS
De aguas cristalinas
Era aquél paisaje.
Fuimos casi líquidas.
Agua. Hija. Madre.
Tu amparo y tu arrullo,
Tu abrazo, acunándome.
Tu mirada acuática,
Tu amor cobijándome.
Reverberaciones,
De un remoto instante,
Fuimos casi líquidas.
Agua. Hija. Madre.
We were Almost Liquid
Of crystalline waters
Was that long-lost time.
We were almost liquid.
Water. Mother. I.
Her love was my shelter.
Her embrace, my raft.
Her aquatic gaze.
Singing lullabies.
Sweet reverberations
Of one briefest span.
We were almost liquid.
Water. Mother. I.
Nora Girón-Dolce 43, Redmond
Translated from Spanish by the poet
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