Anna Crowe
anglais
Orografia aèria
En l'aire hi ha muntanyes i altiplans
amb les seves baldanes, sots, avencs,
vessants.
Els núvols les remunten i cenyeixen. No
pugen dalt dels pics i, per això, mai no
veiem els cims dels gasos, ens pensem
que no tenen escaires.
Quelcom semblant és el que passa
amb l'ànima. Molt poca gent
veu bé la seva geografia;
desconeixen les bretxes i les grutes.
S'arrisquen a volar per l'ànima
d'algú com si fos una planura
esfèrica. De res serveix advertir que
la cosa es complexa a qui l'ha volgut
simple.
Tot i que és simple, verament:
el cel té esquena i només vol
que algú vulgui gratar-li quan
li fan pessigolles els àngels amb
les ales.
Per poder fer-ho cal aprendre
a veure'ls, i per tal de veure'ls cal
aprendre a estimar. Per estimar no cal
aprendre a aprendre i és, de fet,
molt millor no saber res.
Extrait de: Jocs de l’Oca
Barcelona: Servei de Publicacions de la UAB, 2006
Production audio: Institut Ramon Llull
Mountains of the air
In the air there are mountains and plateaux
with their foothills, hollows, chasms, slopes.
The clouds sour up and encircle them. They do not
climb to the tophost, summits and, for this reason,
we never see the peak of gases, and think
they have no sharp corners.
Something similar goes on when it comes
to the soul. Very few people see its geography
at all clearly;
they are unfamiliar with its gaps, its caves.
They take the risk of flying over someone’s soul
as though it were a smooth sphere.
It’s no good warning someone who wanted it
to be simple that it is complex.
Even so, it is simple, truly:
the sky has a back and only wants
someone to be willing to scratch it when
angels tickle it with their wings.
In order to do this you have to learn
to see them, and to see them you
have to learn to love. In order to love
there is no need to learn how to learn
and, in fact, it is much better
not to know anything about it.