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Alberti, Rafael: El Ángel De Los Números

Portre of Alberti, Rafael

El Ángel De Los Números (Spanish)

Vírgenes con escuadras

y compases, velando

las celestes pizarras.

 

Y el ángel de los números,

pensativo, volando,

del 1 al 2, del 2

al 3, del 3 al 4.

 

Tizas frías y esponjas

rayaban y borraban

la luz de los espacios.

 

Ni sol, luna, ni estrellas,

ni el repentino verde

del rayo y el relámpago,

ni el aire. Sólo nieblas.

 

Vírgenes sin escuadras,

sin compases, llorando.

 

Y en las muertas pizarras,

el ángel de los números,

sin vida, amortajado

sobre el 1 y el 2,

sobre el 3, sobre el 4…



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The Angel Of Numbers (English)

Virgins with set-squares

And compasses, watching over

The heavenly blackboards.

 

And the angel of numbers,

Pensive, flying

From 1 to 2, from 2

To 3, from 3 to 4.

 

Cold chalk and sponges

Streaked and erased

The light of deep space.

 

No sun, moon or stars,

Or the sudden green

Of lightning and thunder,

Or air. Only mist.

 

Virgins with set-squares

Or compasses, weeping.

 

And on the dead blackboards,

The angel of numbers,

Lifeless, shrouded,

On the 1 and the 2,

On the 3, on the 4...



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Source of the quotationhttp://www.poetryintranslation.com

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