The day is afraid
(Ausiàs March - Raimon)
The day is afraid of losing its light:
when the night that spreads its darkness comes,
few animals do not close their eyes,
and the pain of the sick increases.
The evil-doers wish it would last all year
so that their wickedness has a covering.
But I, who live by myself, in torment
and without doing harm, wish that it passed quickly.
And, on the other hand, I do more than as if I killed
a thousand just men, without any mercy,
for I use all my wits to betray myself.
And don't think that the day will forgive me this,
for even at night I try hard to break my thought
so that in the day I commit treason:
neither fear of dying nor of living a narrow life
frees me of the effort to offend myself.
My wise Lady, my mind thinks
how skilfully the noose of love is placed;
without slackening my pace, and with the way clear,
I go to the end if mercy does not protect me.
when the night that spreads its darkness comes,
few animals do not close their eyes,
and the pain of the sick increases.
The evil-doers wish it would last all year
so that their wickedness has a covering.
But I, who live by myself, in torment
and without doing harm, wish that it passed quickly.
And, on the other hand, I do more than as if I killed
a thousand just men, without any mercy,
for I use all my wits to betray myself.
And don't think that the day will forgive me this,
for even at night I try hard to break my thought
so that in the day I commit treason:
neither fear of dying nor of living a narrow life
frees me of the effort to offend myself.
My wise Lady, my mind thinks
how skilfully the noose of love is placed;
without slackening my pace, and with the way clear,
I go to the end if mercy does not protect me.
(1972)
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Translated: Angela Buxton
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