La Reversible

Lawrence Ferlinghetti nació en Yonkers (Nueva York, EE. UU.) en 1919 y murió en San Francisco en 2021. THE ANGRY GOD   Paris Rue de la Bûcherie six heures du matin the iron bell strikes through the stone streets a bloody murderer of sleep and sin at six in the morning the monster knocks me awake Some mad priest blugeoning the rusty bell in its great stone tower Saint-Julien-le-pauvre or Saint-Séverin or Quasimodo maybe on Notre Dame The mad man is flailing at it with his iron truncheon in his rusty robes insistent implacable a hollow thumping an urgent clanging through the bent streets at dawn The earth shakes like an old dog awaking Dies irae! Sin and Salvation! Death grinds its dusty teeth There is still an angry god somewhere giving us Hell   EL DIOS ENOJADO   París Rue de la Bûcherie six heures du matin la campana de hierro penetra en las calles de piedra una sangrienta asesina de sueño y pec...