Friday, April 18, 2014

A Rivas bifronte (To Rivas Bifrons)


Debajo los senos de Omotepe
y sobre la pisada del gigante del mar
espera Rivas de la poca cintura.

Dueña de istmo fresco y sal,
la posadera bifronte a toda moción,
Rivas mira, soldando el norte al sur,
y el río al océano.

Below the breasts of Omotepe
& over giant's tread by the sea
waits Rivas the narrow-waisted.

Mistress of isthmus fresh and salt,
two-faced hostess to all motion,
Rivas watches, welding north and south,
river and ocean.

E. A. Costa  18 abril 2014 Granada, Nicaragua


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