domingo, 23 de marzo de 2008

STOP ALL THE CLOCKS de W. H. Auden

Por mi tia Fuensanta, in memoriam.

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

2 comentarios:

Mary the Kiwi dijo...

Me encanta este poema desde que lo escuche en 4 Bodas y un Funeral...que precioso!

Conch dijo...

El poema por sí sólo es una pasada.
Ahora, en Four Weddings y con acento escocés...
Lo tenéis en este link, y con subtítulos en portugués. Ale, a aprender idiomas!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcAYsJo3-uM