Montserrat Abelló
английский
Set
Set
això sí que sé el que és
com la sentia
en aquell carrer on -dreta
davant d'una porta- em deien
"no se sap res"
I aquell anar i venir,
com sempre,
però amb aquella set !
Set, insaciable,
d'aigua.
Set que corsecava, la boca
espessa
un dia rere l'altre.
Quantes vegades vaig sentir
aquelles paraules que
en sospesar-les
em semblaven buides.
La set
me la imaginava d'aigua
I ara sí que puc dir que
aquesta altra set
tan fonda que clama
també ho és d'aigua.
Из: Dins l’esfera del temps
Barcelona: Proa, 1998
Аудиопроизводство: Institut Ramon Llull
Thirst
Thirst
I know what it is like.
how I felt it
in that street –where standing
in front of a door, they said:
“We know nothing”
And that coming and going,
as usual,
but with that thirst1
A quenchless thirst,
for water.
A clogging thirst that dried up
one’s mouth
one day after another.
How many times
had I heard those words that,
on considering them,
seemed to me empty.
Thirst,
I imagined being for water
And now I can say that
this other kind of thirst
so deep and demanding
is also for water