las trompetas y el ANGEL

the fourth trumpet of the Apocalypse

(Revelation 8:12-13 ‘and the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. and I beheld, and heard an eagle flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!’)

Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin, Southern Italy 11th century

Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 357, fol. 200v

“Aquella palabra”

Le gustó una palabra,

abrió el diccionario,

no la halló,

no logró darle un significado nebuloso…

Pero de noche le habitó

musical, con

un alma vaga.

Dijo: Necesita un poeta

y una metáfora con que verdee y enrojezca

en la superficie de las noches oscuras.

¿Y?

Halló el significado

y perdió la palabra.

Mahmud Darwish