[encima de los pétalos dormidos]

by Julia Ferrer

encima de los pétalos dormidos

mis caricias vacilan

tocarlos es profanar su sueño

pero cuando los miro ya caídos

cadáveres que oscilan

me inclino los beso

[above sleeping petals]

by Julia Ferrer

above sleeping petals

my caresses vacillate

to touch them is to desecrate their sleep

but when i see them now fallen

corpses that oscillate

i bow down i kiss them

translated from Spanish by Brandon Holmquest

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Julia Ferrer (1925-1995) was born in Lima, Peru. In her lifetime she published only two books and had a few poems in small magazines. She also wrote theatrical works for stage and radio, and taught theater at the university level.

Brandon Holmquest edits the poetry and criticism sections at Asymptote and writes poems and translates things, usually poems.

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[encima de los pétalos dormidos]

[above sleeping petals]