Mujer colosal, Colossal Woman by Xánath Caraza
Mujer colosal
Para la cabeza colosal número 3 de San Lorenzo,
Veracruz, México
Mujer colosal, tu
piel de oscura
piedra para la
eternidad.
El ceño aguerrido,
fruncido,
muestra tu fiereza.
Tus pómulos delatan
feminidad.
Sensuales labios
negros sellados
con pétrea carne sin
estrellas.
Mujer guerrera,
rompes la tradición.
Jerarca jaguar,
llevas la fuerza
del huracán en el
mentón.
Tu ancha nariz
absorbe el copal
blanco que guía al
inframundo,
a la cueva del
cocodrilo donde
corre la sagrada agua
olmeca.
Tus ojos profundos se
encadenan
con los míos, frente
a ti estoy.
Te reconozco, espejo
ancestral.
Oscuridad volcánica,
naces
del vientre de la
tierra.
Mujer colosal,
femenina
cabeza olmeca, hembra
jaguar.
El cráneo cubierto
con distintiva
protección, tu lugar
has ganado
con valor, con
sensualidad.
Las ciénagas olmecas
florean para
dejarte ver el mundo
una vez más.
Colossal Woman
For Colossal Head Number 3 from San Lorenzo, Veracruz, Mexico
Translated by Sandra Kingery
Colossal woman, your skin of dark
stone for all eternity.
Your battle-hardened brow, furrowed,
uncovers your ferocity.
Your cheekbones reveal femininity.
Sensual black lips sealed
with stony flesh without stars.
Warrior woman, you break tradition.
Jaguar chief, you carry the strength
of the hurricane in your chin.
Your broad nose absorbs the white copal
that leads the way to the underworld,
to the crocodile cave where
sacred Olmec water runs.
Your deep eyes shackle themselves
to mine, I am before you.
I recognize you, ancestral mirror.
Volcanic darkness, you are born
from the bowels of the earth.
Colossal woman, feminine
Olmec head, female jaguar.
Your skull covered with distinctive
protection, you have earned your place
with valor, with sensuality.
Olmec marshes blossom so
you can see the world once again.
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