Inextinguibles (Immutable)

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Inextinguibles (Immutable) by Delmira Agustini

Spanish ¡Oh, tú que duermes tan hondo que no despiertas!Milagrosas de vivas, milagrosas de muertas,Y por muertas y vivas eternamente abiertas,Alguna noche en duelo yo encuentro tus pupilas  Bajo un trapo de sombra o una blonda de luna.Bebo en ellas la Calma como en una laguna.Por hondas, por calladas, por buenas, por tranquilas  Un lecho o una tumba parece cada una.              English   O you who sleep so deep you cannot wake!Every night in mourning I come upon your pupils,Miraculous in life, miraculous in death,And in life and death eternally open.Beneath a remnant of shade or silk lace of moon,I drink their calm as I would a lagoon.For depth, for silence, for goodness, for peacefulness.     Each one seeming a bed or a tomb.


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