Alfonsina Storni: “Faro en la Noche / Lighthouse in the Night”

FARO EN LA NOCHE

Esfera negra el cielo
y disco negro el mar.

Abre en la costa, el faro,
su abanico solar.

A quién busca en la noche
que gira sin cesar?

Si en el pecho me busca
el corazón mortal.

Mire la roca negra
donde clavado está.

Un cuervo pica siempre,
pero no sangra ya.

–Alfonsina Storni (b. 29 May 1892)

Photo: detail from Lighthouse at night by Vitodens



LIGHTHOUSE IN THE NIGHT

The sky a black sphere,
the sea a black disk.

The lighthouse opens
its solar fan on the coast.

Spinning endlessly at night,
whom is it searching for

when the mortal heart
looks for me in the chest?

Look at the black rock
where it is nailed down.

A crow digs endlessly
but no longer bleeds.