1
Cantan los pájaros, cantan
sin saber lo que cantan:
todo su entendimiento es su garganta.
2
La forma que se ajusta al movimiento
no es prisión sino piel del pensamiento.
3
La claridad del cristal transparente
no es claridad para mí suficiente:
el agua clara es el agua corriente.
-Octavio Paz
The birds sing, they sing
without knowing what they sing:
all of their understanding is their throat.
The form that adjusts to movement
is not a prison but the skin of thought.
The brightness of the transparent glass
is not a brightness that is sufficient for me:
clear water is water that runs.
