Omar García Obregón: “I Would Reveal”

 

 

Translated and read by Parvati Nair (Queen Mary University of London)

 

For two revealers: John Perivolaris and Parvati Nair

 

I WOULD REVEAL with pyrogallol

The truth hidden in the seed,

The shot of a photographic instant,

The akinesia of a bevelled face

That senseless reveals its mystery

As if the heartbeat were to turn to life,

As if the image captured more than the

memories mutilated by time.

 

 

A dos reveladores: John Perivolaris y Parvati Nair

 

REVELARÍA con pirogalol

la verdad escondida en la simiente,

la toma de un momento fotográfico,

la acinesia de un rostro biselado

que insensato desprende su misterio

si descendiera el pálpito a la vida,

si en la imagen no solo se captaran

recuerdos mutilados en el tiempo.

 

De Fronteras: ¿el azar infinito? [Borders: An Infinite Game of Dice?] (Leiden: Bokeh, octubre 2018)

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