Somber Psalm, Translation of Carlos Bousono's Poem: Salmo Sombrio

Somber psalm, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Salmo sombrio (from Carlos Bousono’s first book of poems, written before he was 22 : Subida al amor (Ascent into love), 1945, and dedicated to the 1977 Nobel laureat, Vicente Aleixandre.) Do not pass by me , O ! God ! incognito, do not cross my path like a sky emptied of its stars, for my body turns in upon itself in flames, loving you in silence with such persistent anguish. Do not cross my path while I keep loving an obscure entity, while I continue to whimper among cactuses, among stones. So turn Your face away, Your face that I fear during such a roaring and wild night ! Keep Your distance from me ! Abandon me in the dark ! so that I may wish to be the source and thirst of this earth in order to be able to love this twisted trunk of a body sans light, all alone in this blinding wilderness ! © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013