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Una dent de lleó by Maria Dolors Oliu
Translated into English by Brian Oliu
La teva fulla.
Mira com és, tardor,
la que he collit avui
molla brilliant
damunt de verds I grocs
fins al marró.
M’he hagut d’agenollar
per heure’t,
a tu,
condemnada a l’oblit
sota un peu gros o petit,
I has passat a un saló
per rebre la moixaina
benigna
de raigs d’ulls,
pel dret I pel revés,
de pla,
I el lleu giravoltar a la meva mà
Your blade
looks like autumn,
that I picked today
brilliant spring
over green and yellow
until it all
I had to kneel
to own
you:
condemned to oblivion
standing under things big
I've spent a life
hoping to receive kindness:
lightning-eyed,
for the right reverse
of the plan,
for the spinning of light in my hand.