Emily Dickinson
Mi carta
y
Mundo
al
o t r o s
p o e m a s
Ilustraciones de Isabelle Arsenault TraducciĂłn de MarĂa Negroni
Esta es mi carta al Mundo Que nunca me escribió — La simple Nueva que la Naturaleza — Con tierna Majestad contó
Su Mensaje envía A Manos que no puedo ver— Por amor a ella— Dulces — compatriotas — Juzguen con ternura — de Mí.
Emily Dickinson
Carta al
mundo
y otros poemas
ilustraciones de
Isabelle Arsenault
traducciĂłn de
MarĂa Negroni
Hay
una luz Sesgada
En las Tardes de Invierno— Que oprime, como el Peso De los Cantos Litúrgicos— Una Herida Celeste Nos inflige —no deja cicatriz— solo un quiebre interior, Donde están los Significados— Nadie puede explicarlo —Nadie— Sello es del Dolor— Aflicción Imperial Que nos viene del Aire—
Cuando llega, El Paisaje la escucha— Retienen su aliento— las Sombras—
For my mom, my mother-in-law and my precious friend Martine, who generously took care of little Florent while I was away, playing with Emily — I.A.
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The illustrations for this book were rendered in mixed media. The text was set in
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www.kidscanpress.com Edited by Tara Walker Designed by Karen Powers Printed and bound in China The hardcover edition of this book is smyth sewn casebound. The paperback edition of this book is limp sewn with a drawn-on cover. CM 08 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CM PA 08 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Dickinson, Emily, 1830–1886. My letter to the world and other poems / Emily Dickinson ; illustrations by Isabelle Arsenault. (Visions in Poetry) ISBN 978-1-55453-103-5 (bound). ISBN 978-1-55453-339-8 (pbk.) I. Arsenault, Isabelle, 1978– II. Title. PS1541.A6 2008
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CARTA AL MUNDO —
que se posa sobre el alma y canta la melodía muda que no cesa – jamás.
DICKINSON / ARSENAULT
La esperanza es esa cosa con plumas
EMILY DICKINSON
Carwa al mundo Y OTROS POEMAS
Ilustraciones:
ISABELLE ARSENAULT
Traducción: M A R Í A N E G R O N I