Robert Bly nació en Minnesota (EE. UU.) en 1926 y murió en Mineapolis en 2021.
THINGS TO THINK
Think in ways you've
never thought before.
If the phone rings,
think of it as carrying a message
Larger than anything
you've ever heard,
Vaster than a hundred
lines of Yeats.
Think that someone
may bring a bear to your door,
Maybe wounded or deranged;
or think that a moose
Has risen out of the
lake, and he's carrying on his antlers
A child of your own
whom you've never seen.
When someone knocks
on the door, think that he's about
To give you something
large: tell you you're forgiven,
Or that it's not
necessary to work all the time, or that it's
Been decided that if you lie down no one will die.
COSAS EN QUE PENSAR
Pensá de una manera en la que nunca hayas
pensado antes
Si el teléfono suena, pensá que porta un
mensaje
de la envergadura de lo que jamás has oído,
Más vasto que un centenar de versos de Yeats.
Pensá que alguien podría traer a tu puerta un
oso,
Tal vez herido o desquiciado; o pensá que un
alce
Ha surgido del lago, y carga en su cornamenta
Un hijo tuyo al que no has visto nunca.
Cuando alguien golpee a tu puerta, pensá que
está por
Darte algo enorme: te dice estás perdonado,
O que no es necesario trabajar noche y día, o
Se decreta que nadie se va a morir si te
acostás.
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