Thread in a Spider's Web
by Coral Bracho
A little stream, drawn by the magnets of air and light,
and flowing like time, like copper forming,
is the thread
in a spider's web. Pools of silver shimmer
from one leaf to another, from one path trodden
to another on the soft ground. I see you go across,
over there,between two lines. ‘I love him',
I say.
The little stream forks; flows between
two possibilities.
Its thread is in thrall to this sea of light,
this liquid,
coursing. This water makes the evening sing, heady
and drunk. Its fire flows
on into the east forever. Held in the sun's
fine balance
I think of you.
The literal translation of this poem was made by Tom Boll
The final translated version of the poem is by Katherine Pierpoint
Notes
From La voluntad del ámbar (1998).
© Poetry Translation Centre 2004-2010
Heather says:
This is such a beautiful poem. I recently took a photograph that I am now convinced was made to accompany this poem. I've featured them together on my blog:
wanderandscrawl.wordpress.com/.../held-in-the-suns-fine-balance/