Annadale Embankment - (translation)

From Cuaderno de Belfast - Dublín

From the opposite bank
we are being watched by skiffs
reflecting raindrop eyes
after our steps

From the opposite bank
we are being waved by flags
and I take you by the hand
in my recollection

From the opposite bank
the cutters' wharf serves chilled guinness
windows are steamy
and you kiss my temples

From the opposite bank
you show my the pavement and the bricks
and in every corner of your body
you offer a verse for my ink