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Gustavo Adolfo Garcés

A Fable

It is the rainy season
and the music of water
makes me think
that the poem should give cause
to a composition for orchestra
to elevate the soul a little

no poetic licenses at all
but some subtle verses
to recount a certain captivity
a certain resistance
a certain striving

something biographical
profound
worthy of memory
but through a small fable
that would also be
the natural history of plants

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Fábula

Es tiempo de lluvias
y la música del agua
me hace pensar
que el poema debería dar pie
a una composición para orquesta
que eleve un poco el alma

nada de licencias poéticas
sino unos versos sutiles
que den cuenta de cierto cautiverio
de cierta resistencia
de cierto forcejeo

algo biográfico
hondo
digno de memoria
pero a través de una pequeña fábula
que a su vez fuera
la historia natural de las plantas
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A Fable

It is the rainy season
and the music of water
makes me think
that the poem should give cause
to a composition for orchestra
to elevate the soul a little

no poetic licenses at all
but some subtle verses
to recount a certain captivity
a certain resistance
a certain striving

something biographical
profound
worthy of memory
but through a small fable
that would also be
the natural history of plants

A Fable

It is the rainy season
and the music of water
makes me think
that the poem should give cause
to a composition for orchestra
to elevate the soul a little

no poetic licenses at all
but some subtle verses
to recount a certain captivity
a certain resistance
a certain striving

something biographical
profound
worthy of memory
but through a small fable
that would also be
the natural history of plants
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