LITANY
Arms: cross of the divine paths!
Hands: candid bandage for the sore!
Eyes: star of the pilgrims
who go faithless on the unlucky land!
Lips: miracle flower, mage rose!
Voice: bell of splendourous fates!
Laughter: fountain that quenches all thirst
in the middle of the rough roads!
Hair: warm orchard, night tree!
Dark circles: mute taciturn garden
cozy of the secret restlessness...!
Heart: red and fiery and fragrant,
pendulum of love...! Madam, just a moment:
an aroma of leafless roses...
Gregorio Castañeda Aragón
Translation by www.poesi.as