Em el mercado verde,
bala
del profundo
oceano
proyectil
natatorio,
te vi,
muerto.

Todo a tu alrededor
eran lechugas,
espuna
de la tierra,
zanahorias,
racimos,
pero
de la verdad
marina,
de lo desconocidos,
de la
insondable
sombra,
agua
profunda,
abismo,
solo tu sobrevivias
alquitranado, barnizado,
testigo
de la profunda noche.

Solo tu, bala oscura
del abismo,
certera,
destruida
solo en um punto,
siempre
renaciendo,
anclando en la corriente
sus aladas aletas,

circulando
em la velocidad,
een el tramscurso
de
la
sombra
marina
como enlutada flecha,
dardo del mar,
interepida aceituna.

Muerto te vi,
difunto rey
de mi propio oceano,
impetus
verde, abeto
submarine,
nuez
de los maremotos,
alli,
despojo muerto,
en el mercado
era
sin embargo
tu forma
lo unico dirigido
entre
la confusa derrota
de la naturaleza;
entre la verdure fragil
estabas
solo como una nave,
armado
entre legumbres,
con ala y proa negras y aceitadas,
como si aun tu fueras
la embaracion del viento,
la unico
y pura
maquina
marina:
intacta navegando
las aguas de la muerte.

 

ODE TO A GREAT TUNA IN THE MARKET

In the green market,
bullet
from the deep
ocean,
swimming
projectile,
I saw you,
dead.

You are surrounded
with lettuce,
foam
of the earth,
carrots,
grapes,
but
the marine
truth,
of the unknown,
from the
unfathomable
deep water
shadow,
abyss
only you survived,
tarred, varnished,
witness
to the deep night.

Only you, dark bullet
from the depths,
accurate,
mauled
just at one tip,
always
reborn,
anchoring its winged
fins in the current,
circulating
in the speed
of the course

of
the
marine
shadow
like a bereaved arrow,
sea dart,
intrepid green tuna.

I saw you dead,
a slain king
of my own ocean,
impetuous
green,
submarine fir,
walnut
of the tidal wave,
there,
dead spoil,
in the market
however
your form
was the only thing
directed
amid the confusing defeat
of nature;
amid the fragile greens
you were
a solitary ship,
armed
amid legumes,
with black and oiled wing and bow,
as if you were still
the ship of the wind,
the one
and pure
ocean
machine:
intact, sailing
the waters of death.