Fountain:
Somersault of rain
In a mortar of stone.
Cascade without revolt
Disciplined waters
Dancing beneath an open sky.
Rivulet’s nicker
Liquid mane
on a day of flames.
Somersault of rain
In a mortar of stone.
Cascade without revolt
Disciplined waters
Dancing beneath an open sky.
Rivulet’s nicker
Liquid mane
on a day of flames.
Astrid Cabral (born 1937) Brazil
Translated by Alexis Levitin
Source: Per Contra, issue 15, Summer 2009
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