go mbraithim níos soiléire ná riamh
gur i gcomhluadar mo phearsan féin
atáim.
Tugann sé sin sólás, misneach
agus uchtach dom,
díreach faoi mar a thugann mo scáth féin
go dearbh, uchtach dom' cholainn thríthoiseach.
Tarlaíonn sé ar uairibh, dáiríre
go mbraithim níos soiléire ná riamh
gur i gcomhluadar mo phearsan féin
atáim.
Stopaim
ag cúinne sráide chun casadh ar chlé
agus fiafraím díom féin cad a thitfeadh amach
dá siúlfadh mo phearsa féin ar dheis.
Níor tharla sé sin go dtí seo
ach tá an cheist fós gan réiteach.
Myself and My Person
There are moments
when I feel more clearly than ever
that I am in the company
of my own person.
This comforts and reassures me,
this heartens me,
just as my tridimensional body
is heartened by my own authentic shadow.
There are moments
when I really feel more clearly than ever
that I am in the company
of my own person.
I stop
at a street corner to turn left
and I wonder what would happen
if my own person walked to the right.
Until now that has not happened
but it does not settle the question.
-- as Talking to My Body, le Anna Swir / Czeslaw Milosz agus Leonard Nathan a chuir Béarla air
