Nicanor Parra -Tiempos aquellos-

Tiempos aquellos

Todos andábamos como locos
Buscándole la quinta pata
Al gato encerrado:
Lucho fué el único que se la encontró
Palabras textuales
Que lo diga su Diario Íntimo
Calificado por Leonidas Morales
Como una de las grandes configuraciones
De la literatura chilena moderna

Fuera de Enrique Lihn naturalmente


Those times

We all went around like lunatics
Looking for the fifth leg
On that cat in the dark:
Lucho was the only one who found it
His exact words
Look them up in his Intimate Journal
Considered by Leonidas Morales
As one of the greatest forces
Of modern Chilean literature

Aside from Enrique Lihn of course

Translated by Dave Oliphant