Poem
Santiago Mutis Durán
IX
You were not one of those boys that kill birdsyou did not like to sense the stone blow
tearing the light,
winged body
of those haunted leaves
No, you were not cruel – at first
You dreamed
of having
a sex like your mother’s
and nipples of ruby
© Translation: 2005, Nicolás Suescún
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No fuiste uno de esos niños que matan pájarosno te gustaba sentir la pedrada
rompiendo el cuerpo
leve, alado
de aquellas hojas encantadas
No, no eras cruel – al principio
Tú soñabas
con tener
un sexo como el de tu madre
y pezones de rubí
© 2003, Santiago Mutis
From: Dicen de ti
Publisher: Editorial Universidad de Antioquia, Bogotá
From: Dicen de ti
Publisher: Editorial Universidad de Antioquia, Bogotá
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You were not one of those boys that kill birdsyou did not like to sense the stone blow
tearing the light,
winged body
of those haunted leaves
No, you were not cruel – at first
You dreamed
of having
a sex like your mother’s
and nipples of ruby
© 2005, Nicolás Suescún
From: Dicen de ti
From: Dicen de ti
IX
You were not one of those boys that kill birdsyou did not like to sense the stone blow
tearing the light,
winged body
of those haunted leaves
No, you were not cruel – at first
You dreamed
of having
a sex like your mother’s
and nipples of ruby
© 2005, Nicolás Suescún
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