Dance&Jazz # 2
Sensual
delight
In the
sublime effrontery of youth,
In an
entranced pagan that defeats destiny,
In an
eager sighing of anxiety,
I offer
you my promised to death body !
The shade
between truth and lie ...
The cloud
that carried the north wind away...
... My
body! I carry a strong wine in it:
My sensual
and malicious kisses !
I carry
red dahlias in my lap...
These are
the sun fingers when I embrace you,
Embedded
in your chest like spears !
And from
my body the soft arabesques
Wrap you
in Dantesque circles
Catlike,
in sensual dancings
Florbela
Espanca
free translation by Adelino Cardoso