PERSEUS
Tall, resembling the sun,
A Love that enslaves Kerr, the black girl
And
the magnanimous Persephone?
What love, Andromeda
Has surpassed the splendid
Pegasus,
Defeated Calibos,
And Kraken the monster, son
of the ocean?
What love Andromeda
What vast love, maiden from
Ethiopia,
Daring like mine
Naked like the river of
death?
What love, daughter
of Cassiopeia,
A love that defeats
Gorgona,
That
accomplishes Mercury's favors
To engrave in the nuptial
chamber
The holocaust where our
sexes melt?
What love Andromeda
Clean, vibrating,
Beautiful like Athena, the
one with clear eyes?
What love as ample as this
As clear and illustrious as
mine
So close to the roots of
the earth?
What love Andromeda?
No man is able to rise
against it,
Emulate it,
No one is able to love like
the one who inherits throne;
No one, my lovely Andromeda
Will risk loosing his power
for a kiss,
Resigned to
defeat for a single night with you.
Winston Morales Chavarro
Translation: Luis Rafael Gálvez
