Jacob Rhodes
anglais
[Es moren les coses]
Es moren les coses si no tens
un paper
i el fang és tou.
Et mors
si lleva el rent
i no el contemples.
Et mors
d’aquella forma de morir
que ningú veu
i tampoc cal.
No mostraràs
les teves morts
a qui no és fet
per posar-te les mans
sota el clatell.
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Extrait de: Frontal
AdiA Edicions, 2020
Production audio: Institut Ramon Llull, 2021
Extrait de: Frontal
AdiA Edicions, 2020
Production audio: Institut Ramon Llull, 2021
[Things die]
Things die if you are out
of paper
Budding season:and the turning clay is soft.
You die
if the yeast rises
without pause for reflection.
You die,
the cause of death
no one sees
and neither should they.
You refuse
to show your deaths
to those who are not willing
to hold the nape of your neck
with their own hands.
Translated by Jacob Rhodes