Gladys González
Cicatriz
El lado salvaje del amor,
muchacho,
me lo llevo
en este último viaje
junto a un toque de morfina
y con la sensación
de ser una eterna cicatriz
que vaga por la ciudad
Scar
The wild side of the love,
boy,
I'm carrying with me
in this last trip
with a touch of morphine
>> and the sensation
of being an eternal scar
that roams the city
Camilo Brodsky Bertoni
las versiones del silencio: el ritmo de la palma
el ritmo interno
del poema
el ritmo interno
la fachada
del ritmo
¿cómo suena
el silencio de la palma
zen al chapotear
en el líquido viscoso
de la arteria cercenada?
The versions of silence: the rhythm of the palm
the internal rhythm
of the poem
the internal rhythm
the facade of rhythm
How does the silence
of the palm sound
zen when splashing
in the viscous liquid
of the severed artery?
Carlos Henrickson
XLII
No se ve el cielo: tan sólo un estremecimiento,
un reflejo de algo como el cielo,
cuando la chica a mi lado
habla de su madre, la ópera, los terribles
años de los militares. Y en su lengua los dios
benditos y los avemarías todo el tiempo, porque hay también
exaltación, la fe de los inocentes, el golpe
del puño sobre el pecho: mea culpa. Bebemos,
en estricto y común
brindis, santificamos este desgarro
en la emoción, perdido como niño
entre leones en la densa atmósfera, las risas, la vida ligera
del Café del Castaño.
De Ajuste de Cuentas.
XLII
The sky is not in sight: Only shivering
a reflection of something like the sky,
when the girl beside me
talks about her mother, the opera, the terrible
years of the military. And on her tongue
the benedictions and the Hail Marys all the time, because there is also
exaltation, the faith of the innocent, the pounding
of the fist on the chest: mea culpa. We toast,
simply to drink
we sanctify this laceration
in the emotion, lost as a boy
among lions in the dense atmosphere, the laughter, the light life
of the Café del Castaño
From Adjustment of Accounts.
Ekleksographia:
Wave Two
October, 2009
Poems
William Allegrezza and Galo Ghigliotto translate Three Chilean Poets
Gladys González (Santiago, 1981) is a poet and professor. She has published the following: Conrimel, Antología de poetas mujeres del cono sur, Gran Avenida, Poemas (co-author), and Papelitos. This book was issued as e-book for Crunch! Editores. She was included in the anthologies of Latin American poetry Mundo Literario and in Cantares: nuevas voces de la poesía chilena (Selección de Raúl Zurita).
Camilo Brodsky Bertoni (Santiago, Chile 1974) is a Chilean poet. He has collaborated on diverse texts in places like the newspaper La Nación and the journal Patrimonio Cultural y Mapocho. His texts have been published online and in print in places like FotoEspacio.cl, Critica.cl, Letras.s5.com, and Lanzallamas.org. He is on the staff of the journal Surda and works as an editor of the cultural section of Párrafo Izquierdo.
Carlos Henrickson (Santiago, Chile, 1974) is a poet and literary critic. He has published the following: Ardiendo, Y si vieras la mañana, Aviso desde Lota, and En tiempos como éstos. He edited a special journal issue entitled Breve antología de la poesía contemporánea en Valparaíso. His works include narratives, poetry, and chronicles. He's been published in diverse publications both in Chile and abroad.
William Allegrezza and Galo Ghigliotto are poets,translators, and editors. They are currently collaborating on anthologies from the Spanish of Chilean poets into English and from the English of North American poets into Spanish. The anthologies will be published in 2010. Both have been published in a wide array of publications in Chile, the United States, and in many other countries.