Mar 282010
Sleep Close to Me
Fold of my flesh
I carried in my womb,
tender trembling flesh
sleep close to me!
The partridge sleeps in thewheat
listening to its heartbeat.
Let not my breath disturb you
sleep close to me!
I have lost everything,
and tremble until I sleep.
Don’t move from my breast;
sleep close to me!
Gabriela Mistral
(1889-1957)
Trans D M Pettinella
Spanish
