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Gabriel Jaime Franco

THE CLEFT VOICES (FRAGMENT VIII)

We then went ahead in the waters of time,
believing in it or not,
and to us came their forms,
provisional ports,
new paternities and their rites,

and sometimes we had faith
and new Confidence,            

and we went in that direction,

one by one,

with our disengagement hidden
in our own stammering voices.

Las voces escindidas (fragmento VIII)

Las voces escindidas (fragmento VIII)

Avanzábamos entonces en las aguas del tiempo,
lo creyésemos o no,
y a nosotros acudieron sus formas,
provisionales puertos,
nuevas paternidades y sus ritos,

y tuvimos a veces una fe
y nuevas Confianzas,

y hacia allá nos dirigíamos,

uno por uno,

con nuestro desasimiento oculto
en nuestras propias voces balbucientes.
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THE CLEFT VOICES (FRAGMENT VIII)

We then went ahead in the waters of time,
believing in it or not,
and to us came their forms,
provisional ports,
new paternities and their rites,

and sometimes we had faith
and new Confidence,            

and we went in that direction,

one by one,

with our disengagement hidden
in our own stammering voices.

THE CLEFT VOICES (FRAGMENT VIII)

We then went ahead in the waters of time,
believing in it or not,
and to us came their forms,
provisional ports,
new paternities and their rites,

and sometimes we had faith
and new Confidence,            

and we went in that direction,

one by one,

with our disengagement hidden
in our own stammering voices.
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