Esta é terra nova

[portunhol surenho]

Esta é terra nova
mas eu soy anticuado
e sempre digo gracias
en vez de obrigado.

¿Qué hemos aprendido?

¿Qué hemos aprendido,
después de tantos siglos,
contados por los cientos?
Que es mejor no orinar
contra el viento.

Mas a un tiempo hemos llegado
en que tenemos que olvidar
muchas lecciones del pasado


What have we learned,
after so many centuries,
counted by the hundreds?
That it's better not to piss
against the wind.

But we've come to a time
in which we must forget
many lessons of the past.

Gymniad VII

Living in my skin,
this 75-year-old skin,
brings me closer to life
and its mysteries.
Have their been
other skins?
Will I begin
again?
To what am I kin,
if not the ocean,
and the stars?

Guaraní Ghosts

Guaraní ghosts chant
through the night,
singing the sun up
and bringing us light.

We live by their leave,
and they by ours,
in a tangled web
of ancient dreams.

The Magical Realism of Sister Dorothy

I lost my life
to a yellow knife,
I lost my heart
to a poison dart.
I found my soul
in an antique bowl.
I grew and grew
'til I became you.
No life is more wild
than that of a child.
We are alone,
but we are  one.

I Have Searched for You

I have searched for you
all my life,
in ancient texts
and forgotten languages,
but you were here
all the time.
Nagna says: The goddess
is all-pervading.

--Nagna Devidas (Donald Traxler)

मैंने आपके लिए खोज की है
मेरी पूरी जिंदगी,
प्राचीन ग्रंथों में
और भूल भाषाएं,
लेकिन आप यहां थे
पुरे समय।
नग्न कहते हैं: देवी है
सभी सर्वव्यापी।

A Conjunction of Benefics

Will it be enough,
this balm of benefics,
to heal the hurt
of a world torn apart
by greed?
Will those most in need
lead?
Will its angularity
bring solidarity?
Or will Venus
and Jupiter
cover their eyes
as they cross
in the night?