Poem

Carlos Obregón

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Passenger of the wind

Passenger of the wind
the bonfire raises its incantation
of ecstatic silence
tempers with steely love
the essence the eternity that quivers
evasive and awake
tense is the night where God lights it.

Passenger of the wind

Pasajera del viento
la hoguera yergue su conjuro
de extático silencio
templa con acerado amor
el ser la eternidad que vibra
huidiza y desvelada
tensa es la noche donde Dios la enciende.

© 1961, Carlos Obregón
From: Estuario
Publisher: Ediciones de los Papeles de Son Armadans – Colección Juan Luis, VII, Palma de Mallorca

Carlos Obregón

(Colombia, 1929 - 1963)

Born in Bogotá, Carlos Obregón studied mathematical physics at the University of Michigan and returned to Colombia for a brief period during which he taught at the Universidad de los Andes. Subsequently he studied philosophy and became fascinated by theological matters and the mystics. He traveled widely in Europe, but lived mostly in Spain – where he published two books of poetry – mainly on t...

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Passenger of the wind

Passenger of the wind
the bonfire raises its incantation
of ecstatic silence
tempers with steely love
the essence the eternity that quivers
evasive and awake
tense is the night where God lights it.

Passenger of the wind

Passenger of the wind
the bonfire raises its incantation
of ecstatic silence
tempers with steely love
the essence the eternity that quivers
evasive and awake
tense is the night where God lights it.