Rima XXI. Qué es poesía...
¿Qué es poesía?, dices mientra clavas
en mi pupila tu azul.
¡Qué es poesía! ¿Y tú me lo preguntas?
Poesía … eres tú.
Rhyme XXI. What is poetry...
What is poetry?, you say
As you fix my eyes with yours of blue.
What is poetry!… You ask me that?
Poetry… It is you!
RHYME XXI. WHAT IS POETRY...
ResponderEliminarWhat is poetry ?, you ask, while nailing
your blue gaze into mine.
What is poetry ? You ask it ?
Poetry... that's you.
Translated by Guia K. Monti
RHYME XXI. WHAT IS POETRY...
ResponderEliminarWhat is poetry?, you ask
while your blue eyes rivet mine.
What is poetry? And you ask this?
Poetry... is you.
Translated by Howard A. Landman
RHYME XXI. WHAT IS POETRY...
ResponderEliminarWhat is poetry? thou say'st, and meanwhile fixest
On mine eye thine eye of deepest blue;
What is poetry? And canst thou ask it?
Why, - poetry - is - thou!
Translated by Owen Innsly
RHYME XXI. WHAT IS POESY...
ResponderEliminar"What is poesy," you ask
While you fix your pupil blue
On my own. - An easy task
To reply; but why should you
Put this question unto me?
- You, yourself, are poesy.
Translated by Jules Renard
RHYME XXI. WHAT IS POESY...
ResponderEliminar"What is poesy?" you ask me, gazing
Into mine eyes with your eyes blue.
What is poesy? And do you truly ask me?
Poesy . . . are you.
Translated by Young Allison
RHYME XXI. WHAT IS POETRY...
ResponderEliminar"What is poetry?" you ask, as you hold
My eyes with your eyes of blue;
"What is poetry? Well, since you ask me,
It's you."
Translated by Rupert Croft-Cooke
RHYME XXI. WHAT IS POETRY...
ResponderEliminarWhat is poetry? you say,
Holding my eyes with yours of blue,
What is poetry? . . . You ask that?
Poetry . . . it is you!
Translated by Ina D. Singleton