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Sirena: poesia, arte y critica 2005.1 (2005) 12005.13



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A Man / Un hombre

Todos los poemas traducidos del inglés al castellano por Jorge R. Sagastume

A Man

A man is screaming in his bathroom,
and the neighbours mistake it for singing.
The door is locked, the windows barred,
but the noise goes through the walls,
and the neighbours mistake it for singing.
One says: 'He hasn't a note in his head',
another: 'He sounds happy, the monster',
and a foreigner strolling in the street below
marvels: 'What exuberance, what brio
these people have!'
          What noise
can the man himself think he is making? [End Page 12]

Un hombre

Un hombre grita en el baño,
y los vecinos confunden grito con canto.
La puerta está cerrada con llave y las ventanas enrejadas,
pero el ruido penetra a través de las paredes,
y los vecinos confunden grito con canto.
Uno dice: 'no tiene una pizca de musicalidad',
otro: 'el maldito parece ser feliz',
y un extranjero que se pasea por la calle
se maravilla: 'qué exuberancia, qué brío que
tiene esta gente!'
          Y el hombre en el baño,
¿qué opinará sobre el sonido que sale de su boca?
Pearse Hutchinson nació en Glasgow en 1927, hijo de padres irlandeses. Se mudó a Dublín en 1932 y se educó en Synage Street y en el University College de Dublín. La Dolmen Press publicó sus primeras colecciones, Tongue without Hands (1963) y Expansions (1969). Por los pasados treinta años su obra ha sido publicada por The Gallery Press. Su obra incluye Watching the Mornin Grow (1972), The Frost is All Over (1975), Selected Poems (1980), Climbing the Light (1985), The Soul that Kissed the Body (1990), Barnsley main Seam (1995), Collected Poems (2002), y Done into English (2003). Pearse Hutchinson vive en Dublín, es co-editor de la revista Cyphers y es miembro de Aosdána.
Pearse Hutchinson was born in Glasgow in 1927 to Irish parents. Moved to Dublin in 1932 and was educated at Synge Street and University College, Dublin. The Dolmen Press published his first collections, Tongue without Hands (1963) and Expansions (1969). For the past thirty years his work has been published by The Gallery Press; his work includes, Watching the Mornin Grow (1972), The Frost is All Over (1975), Selected Poems (1980), Climbing the Light (1985), The Soul that Kissed the Body (1990), Barnsley main Seam (1995), Collected Poems (2002), and Done into English (2003). Pearse Hutchinson lives in Dublin. He is co-editor of Cyphers and a member of Aosdána.


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