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Giovanny Gómez

ABOUT A WOOD WE SWEAR IS BURNT DOWN

It is useless to know how much we expect from a love
when the house falls down upon us
and garments go on being naked
with the laughter of a nature we sip down slowly

It is this wood of memory we swear is burnt down
where the wish to find
returns to what you stole once
in those dreams
in those insufficient poems
that will follow us now
that will never be

DE UN BOSQUE QUE JURAMOS QUEMADO

DE UN BOSQUE QUE JURAMOS QUEMADO

Es inútil saber cuánto esperamos por un amor
cuando la casa se nos viene encima
y los vestidos siguen desnudos
con la risa de una naturaleza que nos tomamos a sorbos

Es este el bosque de la memoria que juramos quemado
donde el deseo de encontrar
vuelve a lo que alguna vez robaste
en esos sueños
en esos poemas insuficientes
que no nos sucederán ahora
que no serán nunca
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ABOUT A WOOD WE SWEAR IS BURNT DOWN

It is useless to know how much we expect from a love
when the house falls down upon us
and garments go on being naked
with the laughter of a nature we sip down slowly

It is this wood of memory we swear is burnt down
where the wish to find
returns to what you stole once
in those dreams
in those insufficient poems
that will follow us now
that will never be

ABOUT A WOOD WE SWEAR IS BURNT DOWN

It is useless to know how much we expect from a love
when the house falls down upon us
and garments go on being naked
with the laughter of a nature we sip down slowly

It is this wood of memory we swear is burnt down
where the wish to find
returns to what you stole once
in those dreams
in those insufficient poems
that will follow us now
that will never be
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