An dán CXXIII ó Campos de Castilla a scríobh an file Antonio Machado (1875 – 1939)
Oíche samhraidh
– bhí doras an bhalcóine ar oscailt,
agus doras an tí leis –
Is tháinig An Bás isteach i mo theach.
Druid An Bás go mall i dtreo a’ leaba
– gan fiú aird a thabhairt orm féin –
Le méara míne bhris sé
rud éigin singil. Go tostach
is gan féachaint orm
chuaigh An Bás tharam arís.
Céard atá déanta agat?
Níor fhreagair An Bás.
Bhí mo chailín beag socair,
mo chroí gortaithe.
Ochón, ‘séard atá gearrtha ag An mBás
ná snáithe eadrainn!
One Summer night
– the balcony door was open,
and my house door too –
Death entered my house.
Slowly, Death approached her bed
– not even noticing me –
and with soft delicate fingers
broke something very fragile.
Silently, Death passed by once more
without even a glance.
What have you done?
Death did not answer.
My little girl was calm,
my heart in pain.
What Death cut
was a thread between us”
– Campos de Castilla, CXXIII
