9
Is everything nothing? Then, what of this complete joy
at going under the earth, fully finished
like a beautiful book?
And this full delight
at seeing oneself detached from life
as a perfect fruit from its branch?
And the solitary happiness
at having left in the invisible
the complete reality of desire
like a river parading towards the sea
its perennial sculpture?
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Translator: Antonio T. de Nicolás