Lanternas chinesas (gl – en)

As articulacións ríxidas 
movémonos con sufrimento
tras tres días empaquetando 
o que queda de vida
tomamos tres horas de lecer
camiñamos Deansgate de despedida
traducimos e lemos poesía
tomando un café na Waterstones
ao peche imos por St Anne Square 
dicir adeus aos Shambles
onde a xente en calma bebe cervexa 
as pantallas publicitarias 
e as primeiras luces da noite 
alumean as lanternas chinesas
gromos do novo ano lunar

a caricia do vento 
que leva follas e plásticos 
arrastra tamén enganchado
o meu agradecemento 
pole dunha flor que nace 
no medio do peito encollido 
traemos a alma a retallos
cosida mil veces aos pes 
e o ciclo in extremis se pecha 
xusto con esa ventada na que
o cerebro recobra plasticidade

Chinese lanterns

Stiff joints
 we move with suffering
 after three days packing
 what is left of life
 we take three hours of leisure
 we walked down Deansgate on farewell
 we translate and read poetry
 having a coffee at Waterstones
 at closing we go through St Anne Square
 say goodbye to the Shambles
 where people calmly drink beer
 the advertising screens
 and the first lights of the night
 they light the Chinese lanterns
 lunar new year buds

 the caress of the wind
 that takes leaves and plastics
 drag also hooked
 my gratitude
 pollen from a budding flower
 in the middle of the shrunken chest
 we bring the soul in pieces
 sewn a thousand times to the feet
 and the cycle in extremis closes
 just with that wind in which
 the brain regains plasticity