604

Unto my Books – so good to turn –
Far ends of tired Days –
It half endears the Abstinence –
And Pain – is missed – in Praise –
 
As Flavors – cheer Retarded Guests
With Banquettings to be –
So Spices – stimulate the time
Till my small Library –
 
It may be Wilderness – without –
Far feet of failing Men –
But Holiday – excludes the night –
And it is Bells – within –
 
I thank these Kinsmen of the Shelf –
Their countenances Kid
Enamor – in Prospective –
And satisfy – obtained –
 
Emily Dickinson

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135

El agua se aprende por la sed;

la tierra, por los océanos atravesados;

el éxtasis, por la agonía.

La paz se revela por las batallas;

el amor, por el recuerdo de los que se fueron;

los pájaros, por la nieve.

Emily Dickinson

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543

Temo a la persona de pocas palabras.

Temo a la persona silenciosa.

Al sermoneador, lo puedo aguantar;

al charlatán, lo puedo entretener.

Pero con quien cavila

mientras el resto no deja de parlotear,

con esta persona soy cautelosa.

Temo que sea una gran persona.

Emily Dickinson

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486

I was the slightest in the House –

I took the smallest Room –

At night, my little Lamp, and Book –

And one Geranium –

So stationed I could catch the Mint

That never ceased to fall –

And just my Basket –

Let me think – I’m sure –

That this was all –

I never spoke – unless addressed –

And then, ‘twas brief and low –

I could not bear to live – aloud –

The Racket shamed me so –

And if it had not been so far –

And any one I knew

Were going – I had often thought

How noteless – I could die –

Emily Dickinson

Ilustracción: Kike de la Rubia. 

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