The complete posthumous poetry

370 Pages·2011·12.12 MB·English

by  César Vallejo

CÉSAR VALLEJO
César Vallejo in the summer of 1929
CÉSAR VALLEJO
The Complete Posthumous Poetry
Translated by
Clayton Eshleman
&
José Rubia Barcia
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley Los Angeles London
University of Califomia Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of Califomia Press, Ltd.
London, England
ISBN 0-520-03648-4
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 77-93472
Copyright @ 1978 by The Regents of the University of California
Designed by Bob Cato
Printed in the United Ctates of America
Dedicated to Maureen Ahern and Juan Larrea,
for their tremendous dedication to Vallejo.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Come of these translations, in semifinal drafts,
have appeared in: Text, Boundary 2, River Styx,
Impact, Bezoar, Ecuatorial, and Pequod. Several of the poems
translated in the Notes section, plus the entire Appendix,
was published by The Black Sparrow Press as "Sparrow #65."
"Paris, October 1936" was published by The Bellevue
Press as a broadside. Eight of the translations appeared in
a special issue of Oasis (London), #19, on Clayton
Eshleman's poetry and translations. Severa1 of the
final drafts first appeared in Eshleman's essay,
"Vallejo, 1978," published in Montemora #4.
INDICE
NÓMINA DE HUESOS (1923-1936)
Nómina de huesos / 2
La violencia de las horas / 4
El buen sentido / 6
El momento más grave de la vida / 8
"Las ventanas se han estremecido . . ." / 10
Voy a hablar de la esperanza / 16
"Tendríamos ya una edad misericordiosa . . ." / 18
Hallazgo de la vida / 20
"Una mujer de senos apacibles . . ." / 22
"Cesa el anhelo, rabo al aire." / 24
"-No vive ya nadie en la casa . . ." 126
"Existe un mutilado . . ." / 28
Me estoy riendo / 30
"He aquí que hoy saludo . . ." / 32
Lomo de las sagradas escrituras / 34
altura y pelos / 36
"iCuatr0 conciencias . . .!" / 38
"Entre el dolor y el placer . . ." / 40
"En el momento en que el tenista . . ." / 42
sombrero, abrigo, guantes / 44
CONTENTS
Introduction / xix
PAYROLL OF BONES (1923-1936)
Payroll of bones / 3
Violence of the hours / 5
Good sense / 7
The gravest moment in life / 9
"The windows shuddered . . ."/ 13
1 am going to speak of hope / 17
"We probably already were of a compassionate age . . ." 119
Discovery of life / 21
"A woman with peaceful breasts . . ." / 23
"Longing ceases, ass in the air." / 25
"-No one lives in the house anymore . . ." / 27
"There is a man mutilated . . ." / 29
1 am laughing / 31
"Behold that today 1 salute . . ." / 33
Spine of the scriptures / 35
heiaht and hair / 37
"Four consciousnesses . . ." / 39
"Between pain and pleasure . . ."/ 41
"The moment the tennis player . . ." / 43
hat, overcoat, gloves / 45
x / INDICE
salutación angélica / 46
epístola a los transeúntes / 48
"Y no me digan nada . . ." / 50
GLEBA / 52
PRIMAVERA TLJBEROSA / 54
Piedra negra sobre una piedra blanca / 56
"¡Dulzura por dulzura corazona!" / 58
"Hasta el día en que vuelva . . ." / 60
"Fué domingo en las claras orejas . . ." / 62
"La vida, esta vida . . ." 1 64
"Hoy me gusta la vida mucho menos . . ." / 66
"Quisiera hoy ser feliz . . ." / 68
"De disturbio en disturbio . . ." / 70
"Considerando en frío . . ." / 72
"¡Y si después de tantas palabras . . . !" / 74
"Por último, sin ese buen aroma . . ." / 76
"Parado en una piedra . . ." / 78
"Los mineros salieron de la mina . . ." / 82
"Pero antes que se acabe . . ." / 84
Telúrica v magnética / 86
Piensan los viejos asnos 190
SERMÓN DE LA BARBARIE (1936-1937)
París, Octubre 1936 194
La rueda del hambriento / 96