Octavio Paz -Relámpago en reposo-

Relámpago en reposo

Tendida,
piedra hecha de mediodía,
ojos entrecerrados donde el blanco azulea,
entornada sonrisa.
Te incorporas a medias y sacudes tu melena de león.
Luego te tiendes,
delgada estría de lava en la roca,
rayo dormido.
Mientras duermes te acaricio y te pulo
hacha esbelta,
flecha con que incendio la noche.

El mar combate allá lejos con espadas y plumas.


Lightning at rest

Sprawled out,
Stone made of the noon-hour,
Half-open eyes in which the whitness becomes blue,
Half-ready smile.
Your body rouses and you shake your lion's mane.
Again, you lay down,
A fine striation of lava in the rock,
A ray of light sleeps.
While you sleep I stoke you and polish you,
Slim axe,
Arrow with I set the night on fire.

The sea fighting in the distance with its swords and feathers.