Tuesday

Possible Elegy

Credit: Alberto Nogueira Jr
Yo solo me embarqué.
¿Adónde llegaré?

Si el globo se perdiera,
caería. ¿En qué tierra?

Si el barco naufragara,
me hundiría. ¿En qué agua?

Yo solo me embarqué.
Nadie sabe por qué.

Pero yo sí lo sé!

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(Translation)

Alone I sailed.
Where will I arrive?

If the hot air balloon were lost,
on what land would it fall?

If the ship were to wreck,
it would sink in what waters?

Alone I started.
No one knows why.

But, I, yes I, know!

~ José María Hinojosa
(translated from Spanish by Mark Statman)

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