Yolanda Castaño

The world is a hotel with no reception desk.
The gift of eloquence is not a common good.

Loaves and fishes were not distributed that way.
Meat to the starboard, fishbones to the port.

You're going to lose your head and it's raining hats on you,
the rich will have money the poor will have children.

I know of a bread that I would break into chunks
miniscule chunks that would make enough leftovers,
if a crumb could possibly fill a mouth,
if it could satisfy or perhaps even untie a tongue.

Like lifeboats on the glory of the Titanic,
groves of combs for those who are
bald.

Urbi et orbi of rhetoric: neither here nor expected.
Beards are knitted for those lacking a jaw.

Some mouths were granted three seconds of memory.
And God will give that bread
to someone with fewer teeth.

Svet je hotel bez recepcijskog pulta.
Dar rečitosti nije opšte dobro.

Nisu se tako delili ni hleb ni riba.
Ka desnom boku broda meso, ka levom riblje kosti.

Izgubićete glavu a pljušte vam
Šeširi,
Bogati će imati novac siromašni će imati decu.

Znam za jedan hleb koji bih podelila na komade,
sićušne, pa da traje zauvek,
ako slučajno mrva može nekom da ispuni usta,
ako može da zasiti ili čak razveže jezik.

Kao čamci za spasavanje na slavnomeTitaniku,
Šumarci češljeva za nekog ko je
ćelav.

Urbi et orbi retorike: nit je tu nit ga čekaju.
Pletu se brade za one bez vilice.

Neka usta su dobila tri sekunde sećanja,
I Bog će dati taj hleb
nekome sa manje zuba.

世界是一个没有前台的宾馆。
能说会道的天赋不是人人共有的东西。

面包和鱼也不是那样分配的。
肉运到右边的船舷，鱼骨头送给左边的码头。

你会失去你的头，雨会下帽子给你，
富人将会有钱，穷人将会有孩子。

我知道一块面包，我会把它切成块，
微乎其微的小块，足够留下多余的，
如果面包屑也可以填一张口，
如果它能够满足人甚至可以解开一个舌头。

如同泰坦尼号上救生艇的荣耀，
梳子之林为那些
秃顶的。

“罗马或全世界”的修辞法：即不是这里也不是预期。
胡须缝起来给那些缺下巴的。

有些嘴被授予三秒钟记忆。
神会把面包
给牙齿更少的。