Monday 20 May 2013

Christ (Cristo) - León Felipe


Christ,
I love you
Not because you fell from a star
But because you discovered for me
That man has blood,
Tears,
Anguish...
Keys,
Tools!
To open light's closed doors.
Yes... you taught us that man is God...
A poor God sacrificed just like You.
And he who stands on your left at Golgotha,
The evil thief...
He too is a God!

From ¡Oh, este viejo y roto violin! (Oh, this old and broken violin!)


Give me your holy bread (Dame tu oscura hostia) - León Felipe


Do not take pity on me, Earthshine.
Give me your dark holy bread, your last piece of bread...
A memoryless, one-way dream.
Let me wallow in this cesspit,
Further below the mud and the larva...
Where life is a green phantom
That nobody has even seen.

From El ciervo (The Stag) 1958