Air

William S. Merwin
(USA)

Air

Naturally it is night.
Under the overturned lute with its
One string I am going my way
Which has a strange sound.

This way the dust, that way the dust.
I listen to both sides
But I keep right on.
I remember the leaves sitting in judgment
And then winter.

I remember the rain with its bundle of roads.
The rain taking all its roads.
Nowhere.

Young as I am, old as I am,

I forget tomorrow, the blind man.
I forget the life among the buried windows.
The eyes in the curtains.
The wall
Growing through the immortelles.
I forget silence
The owner of the smile.

This must be what I wanted to be doing,
Walking at night between the two deserts,
Singing.

este poema foi escrito pelo poeta homenageado este ano em Struga.
entrevistei-o esta manha e tera sido uma das melhores entrevistas do mundo.
struga continua bela, cambiantes de luz unicos e belos.
estou cada vez mais adaptado.
para todos com amor e muita poesia.