To a Martian — Alfonsina Storni
Alfonsina Storni Translated into Albanian from German by Eda Zari To a Martian Do you truly exist on the red planet? Do you, like me, have delicate hands for touching, a mouth for laughter, a heart for poetry, and a soul governed by fragile nerves? Perhaps
Alfonsina Storni Translated into Albanian from German by Eda Zari
To a Martian
Do you truly exist on the red planet? Do you, like me, have delicate hands for touching, a mouth for laughter, a heart for poetry, and a soul governed by fragile nerves?
Perhaps in your world the cities rise like mournful monuments. Has the sword laid them waste? Has everything there already been said?
Do you and your planet amount to one more emptied cup in the Great Harmony?
If you are merely like an earth-dweller, why should it matter to me that you might make contact or come down here to visit?
I search the universe for new beings: graceful bodies, keepers of the celestial secret of a life fulfilled.
But if you are not such a being, if everything only repeats itself, then be silent, you sorrowful creature.
From the German edition used by Eda Zari; from the poetry volume My Soul Has No Gender. All rights reserved.
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