Nist, John

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University of New Mexico

New Mexico Quarterly
Volume 30 | Issue 2 Article 20
1960
Epitaph, Vincius de Morais
John Nist
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Epitaph
by Vinicius de Morais
Here lies the Sun
Who created the dawn
And gave light to the day
And pastured the afternoon.
The magic shepherd
Of luminous hands
Who impregnated the roses
And stripped them of their petals.
Here lies the Sun
The hermaphrodite gende
And violent, who
Possessed the shape
Of all the women
And died in the sea.
-translated by John Nist
Old Woman GatheringWithered Apples,
This tree and I once both were young.
Its blossoms were a buoyancy upon the bough,
Its trunk and limbs were sheathed in satin,
The sweetness of its fruit tore at the throat.
But it grows late. e sun burns down,
And.I pick withe ed apples from t e ground.
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