Oceans by Juan Ramón Jiménez (translated by Robert Bly)

I have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing.
                    And nothing
happens! Nothing...Silence...Waves...

--Nothing happens? Or has everything happened,
and are we standing now, quietly, in the new life?

NIGHT PIECE    The ship, slow and rushing at the same time, can ( Read more... )

ROAD

They are all asleep, below.
                                       Above, awake,
the helmsman and I.

He, watching the compass needle, lord
of the bodies, with their keys turned
in the locks. I, with my eyes
toward the infinite, guiding
the open treasures of the souls.

JUAN RAMON JIMENEZ

Translated by Robert Bly

( original Spanish )