La reina / Pablo Neruda

LA REINA

Yo te he nombrado reina.
Hay más altas que tú, más altas.
Hay más puras que tú, más puras.
Hay más bellas que tú, hay más bellas.
Pero tú eres la reina.

Cuando vas por las calles
nadie te reconoce.
Nadie ve tu corona de cristal, nadie mira
la alfombra de oro rojo
que pisas donde pasas
la alfombra que no existe.

Y cuando asomas
suenan todos los ríos
en mi cuerpo, sacuden
el cielo las campanas,
y un himno llena el mundo.

Sólo tú y yo,
sólo tú y yo, amor mío,
lo escuchamos.

Pablo Neruda

(Los versos del capitán, 1952)





THE QUEEN

I have named you queen.
There are taller ones than you, taller.
There are purer ones than you, purer.
There are lovelier than you, lovelier.

But you are the queen.

When you go through the streets
no one recognizes you.
No one sees your crystal crown, no one looks
at the carpet of red gold
that you tread as you pass,
the nonexistent carpet.

And when you appear all the rivers sound
in my body, bells
shake the sky, and a hymn fills the world.

Only you and I,
only you and I, my love,
listen to it.

Pablo Neruda

(The Captain's Verses, 1952)

Translated by Donald D. Walsh





THE QUEEN

I have appointed you queen.
There are greater women than you, greater.
There are purer women than you, purer.
There are more beautiful women than you, there are.

But you are the queen.

When you walk through the streets
no one recognises you.
No one sees your crystal crown, no one notices
the carpet of red gold
you tread as you pass,
the carpet that does not exist.

And when you appear
all the rivers roar
in my body, bells
shake the heavens,
and the world is filled with a hymn.

Only you and I,
only you and I, my love,
only we hear it.

Pablo Neruda

(The Captain's Verses, 1952)

Translated by Brian Cole





LA REINE

Je t’ai proclamée reine.
Il en est de plus grandes que toi, de plus grandes.
Il en est de plus pures que toi, de plus pures.
Il en est de plus belles que toi, de plus belles.

Mais toi tu es la reine.

Marches-tu dans la rue,
nul ne te reconnaît.
Nul ne voit ta couronne de cristal,
nul ne regarde le tapis d’or fauve
que foule ton pied où tu passes,
le tapis qui n’existe pas.

Mais quand tu apparais
tous les fleuves tintinnabulent
dans mon corps, les cloches ébranlent
le ciel entier,
en un hymne remplit le monde.
Seuls toi et moi,
seuls toi et moi, ô mon amour,
nous l’entendons.

Pablo Neruda

(Les Vers du Capitaine, 1952)





LA REGINA

Io ti ho nominato regina.
Ve n'è di più alte di te, di più alte.
Ve né di più pure di te, di più pure.
Ve né di più belle di te, di più belle.

Ma tu sei la regina.

Quando vai per le strade
nessuno ti riconosce.
Nessuno vede la tua corona di cristallo, nessuno guarda
il tappeto d'oro rosso
che calpesti dove passi,
il tappeto che non esiste.

E quando t'affacci
tutti i fiumi risuonano
nel mio corpo, scuotono
il cielo le campane,
e un inno empie il mondo.

Tu sola ed io,
tu sola ed io, amor mio,
lo udiamo.

Pablo Neruda

(I Versi Del Capitano, 1952)





KRALİÇE

Kraliçe diyorum sana.
Senden daha uzun kadınlar var, daha uzun.
Senden daha temiz kadınlar var, daha temiz.
Senden daha güzel kadınlar var, daha güzel.

Fakat kraliçe sensin.

Dolaştığın zaman caddelerde,
kimse dikkat etmez sana.
Kimse görmez kristal tacını, kimse bakmaz
yolunda yürürken bastığın
kızıl altından halıya,
var olmayan o halıya.

Ve görünce seni,
ses verir bütün ırmaklar
bedenimde, sarsar
çanlar göğü,
ve doldurur evreni bir ilâhi.

Yalnızca sen ve ben,
yalnızca sen ve ben, ey sevgilim,
kulak veririz buna.

Pablo Neruda

Çeviri: İsmail Haydar Aksoy

("Kaptanın Dizeleri"nden, 1952)

Mangiacane Magic, Tuscany, Italy, 2009, by Petter Hegre