Two Bodies - Octavio Paz

Two Bodies

Two bodies face to face
Are sometimes like two waves
And the night is an ocean.

Two bodies face to face
Are sometimes like two stones
And the night is a desert.

Two bodies face to face
Are sometimes like the roots
Joined in the night.

Two bodies face to face
Are sometimes like knives
And the night is a lightening.

Two bodies face to face
Are like two stars that fall
In an empty sky.

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Original in Spanish:

Dos Cuerpos
Dos cuerpos frente a frente
son a veces dos olas
y la noche es océano.

Dos cuerpos frente a frente
son a veces dos piedras
y la noche desierto.

Dos cuerpos frente a frente
son a veces raíces
en la noche enlazadas.

Dos cuerpos frente a frente
son a veces navajas
y la noche relámpago.

Dos cuerpos frente a frente
son dos astros que caen
en un cielo vacío.


~Octavio Paz
Mexico