Axes 
After whose stroke the wood rings, 
And the echoes! 
Echoes traveling 
Off from the center like horses. 

The sap 
Wells like tears, like the 
Water striving 
To re-establish its mirror 
Over the rock 

That drops and turns, 
A white skull, 
Eaten by weedy greens. 
Years later I 
Encounter them on the road--- 

Words dry and riderless, 
The indefatigable hoof-taps. 
While 
From the bottom of the pool, fixed stars 
Govern a life. 

Golpes,
De machado na madeira,
E os ecos!
Ecos que partem
A galope.

A seiva
Jorra como pranto, como
Água lutando
Para repor seu espelho
sobre a rocha

Que cai e rola,
Crânio branco
Comido pelas ervas.
Anos depois, na estrada,
Encontro

Essas palavras secas e sem rédeas,
Bater de cascos incansável.
Enquanto
Do fundo do poço, estrelas fixas
Decidem uma vida.

Poems by Sylvia Plath translated into Portuguese - Poems by Sylvia Plath - Sylvia Plath Homepage

thanx to:

Elson Froes