EL CORAZÓN

En el desierto
He visto una criatura,desnuda, salvaje
Que arqueada sobre el suelo
sostenía su corazón entre las manos,
Y comía de él.
Yo dije: "Está bueno, amigo?"
"Es amargo, amargo, contestó,
Pero me gusta
Porque es amargo
Y porque es mi corazón,"

de: "Los Jinetes oscuros"

Stephen Crane (Newark, Nueva Jersey, E.E.U.U.1871 - Badenweiler, Alemania, 1900)

(Traducción de Alfredo Casey)

(The heart)

II
In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter, bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."

(of The Black Riders)