Ven, camina conmigo
Ven, camina conmigo,
solo tú puedes
consagrar
mi espíritu ahora—
solíamos amar las noches de invierno
para caminar por la nieve;
¿Acaso no podemos regresar los viejos placeres?
Las nubes oscuras y salvajes
salpican con su sombra nuestras montañas
como hace tiempo
y en el horizonte descansan al fin
apiladas en masas acechantes;
mientras los rayos de luna brillan y vuelan tan
rápido
que apenas si podemos decir si sonreían—
Ven, camina conmigo, camina conmigo;
no hace mucho no éramos tan pocos
pero la Muerte se robó nuestra compañía
como la luz del sol roba el rocío—
Se llevó uno a uno y solo
quedamos nosotros dos;
tanto se enriedan mis sentimientos
porque no tienen más soporte que el tuyo—
No me llames— podría no estar,
¿es el amor humano tan real?
¿Puede la flor de la amistad languidecer durante años
y revivir luego?
No, aunque el suelo se empape con lágrimas,
tan puro sea lo que fuere que crecía
la savia vital una
vez muerta
no volverá a
correr
y con mayor
seguridad que aquella temida morada,
la angosta celda
del tiempo muerto
separa los
corazones de los hombres—
Emily Brontë, Thorntorn, 1818- Haworth, 1848
Versión ©Silvia Camerotto
Imagen s/d, Emily Brontë
Come, Walk With Me
Come, walk with me,
There's only thee
To bless my spirit now—
We used to love on winter nights
To wander through the snow;
Can we not woo back old delights?
The clouds rush dark and wild
They fleck with shade our mountain heights
The same as long ago
And on the horizon rest at last
In looming masses piled;
While moonbeams flash and fly so fast
We scarce can say they smiled—
There's only thee
To bless my spirit now—
We used to love on winter nights
To wander through the snow;
Can we not woo back old delights?
The clouds rush dark and wild
They fleck with shade our mountain heights
The same as long ago
And on the horizon rest at last
In looming masses piled;
While moonbeams flash and fly so fast
We scarce can say they smiled—
Come walk with me, come
walk with me;
We were not once so few
But Death has stolen our company
As sunshine steals the dew—
He took them one by one and we
Are left the only two;
So closer would my feelings twine
Because they have no stay but thine—
'Nay call me not— it may not be
Is human love so true?
Can Friendship's flower droop on for years
And then revive anew?
No, though the soil be wet with tears,
How fair soe'er it grew
The vital sap once perished
Will never flow again
And surer than that dwelling dread,
The narrow dungeon of the dead
Time parts the hearts of men—
We were not once so few
But Death has stolen our company
As sunshine steals the dew—
He took them one by one and we
Are left the only two;
So closer would my feelings twine
Because they have no stay but thine—
'Nay call me not— it may not be
Is human love so true?
Can Friendship's flower droop on for years
And then revive anew?
No, though the soil be wet with tears,
How fair soe'er it grew
The vital sap once perished
Will never flow again
And surer than that dwelling dread,
The narrow dungeon of the dead
Time parts the hearts of men—
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