Si volvieras (If you came back)

Por Leonardo Venta

Si volvieras
con mis ojos
entre la risa,
la que transitas
adentro,
beberíamos
juntos
de este caldo
(proemio soslayado
de una
tentativa).
Te adentraría
la verdad
temerosa
con
el caldo
entre
los dientes.

If you came back

(Translation Louis Greto)
If you came back

with my eyes

in your laughter,

passing

in you,

we would drink

this soup

together.

(An attempted

beginning

overlooked)

I would put in you

the feared

truth

with

broth

between

the teeth.