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with March’s moon the photo
arrived and we
were all alive;
rapid
words
from that essence
that is fast
and that turns and detaches itself;
slow, the moon,
returns month by month
Translation of “[con la luna de marzo llegó],” by Olvido García Valdés, from Y todos estábamos vivos (Barcelona: Tusquets Editores, 200. Copyright Olvido García Valdés. By arrangement with the author. Translation copyright by Catherine Hammond. All rights reserved.
with March’s moon the photo
arrived and we
were all alive;
rapid
words
from that essence
that is fast
and that turns and detaches itself;
slow, the moon,
returns month by month
con la luna de marzo llegó
la foto y todos
estábamos vivos;
palabras
de velocidad,
de esa sustancia
que es veloz
y gira y se desprende;
lenta, la luna,
vuelve mes a mes
