My lover discovers things - Isabel Fraire

Original in Spanish

Mi amor descubre objetos

mi amor descubre objetos
sedosas mariposas
se ocultan en sus dedos
sus palabras
me salpican de estrellas
bajo los dedos de mi amor la noche
brilla como relámpago
mi amor inventa mundos en que habitan
serpientes cuajadas de brillantes
mundos en que la música es el mundo
mundos en que las casas con los ojos abiertos
contemplan el amanecer
mi amor es un loco girasol que olvida
pedazos de sol en el silencio.

Isabel Fraire (1934- )
Mexico

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Literal Translation:

My love discovers objects

my love discovers silky objects butterflies are hidden in its fingers its words sprinkle me of stars under the
fingers of my love the night shines like lightning my love invents worlds in which they inhabit snakes jelled
of brilliant worlds in which the music is the world worlds in which the houses with the open eyes they
contemplate the dawn my love is a crazy sunflower that forgets pieces of sun in The silence.

(Freetranslation.com)

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My rendering:

My lover discovers things,
Silken butterflies,
Concealed in his finges,
His words
Sprinkle me with stars;
Under the fingers of my lover,
The night shines like lightening.
My lover discovers worlds where
Serpents shining in diamonds live,
Worlds where the music is the world,
Worlds where houses with open eyes
Contemplate the dawn.
My lover is a mad sunflower that forgets
The fragments of sun in silence.