Long Night of Stone | Longa Noite de Pedra | Traducción | Translation

Celso Emilio Ferreiro (Longa noite de pedra, 1962)

The ceiling, stone
Stone, the enclosures
And the shadows.
Stone, the ground
And the bars.
The doors,
The chains,
The air,
The windows,
The stares,
Are of stone.
The hearts of men
Who scrutinize in the distance
Are
Also
Stone.
And here I stand
Dying in this long night
Of stone.

(More translations of Celso Emilio Ferreiro by Jason Preater at http://menemenetekel.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/celso-emilio-ferreiro-longa-noite-de-pedra/)