An dán CXXIII ó Campos de Castilla a scríobh an file Antonio Machado (1875 – 1939)
Oíche shamhraidh
– bhí doras an bhalcóine ar oscailt,
is doras an tí leis –
do tháinig An Bás isteach i mo theach.
Druid An Bás go mall i dtreo a leaba
– gan fiú aird a thabhairt ormsa –
Le méara mhíne, bhris sé
rud éigin amháin. I dtost,
gan féachaint orm,
chuaigh An Bás tharam.
Céard atá déanta agat?
Níor fhreagair An Bás.
Bhí mo chailín beag socair,
mo chroí gortaithe.
Ochón, ‘séard a bhí gearrtha ag an mbás
ná an snáth 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
