Poem: Lighthouse at Night—Alfonsina Storni
Lighthouse at Night
—Alfonsina Storni
Translated from Spanish by Jim Normington
The sky is a black sphere
and the sea is a black disc.
On the coast the lighthouse unfolds
its fan of light.
Who is it looking for endlessly in the night
as it turns endlessly?
If it looks into my heart
it will find a dying heart.
Look at the black rock
where my heart is nailed.
A raven tears at it without stopping
but it no longer bleeds.
