lunes, agosto 10, 2026

Hay palabras


Hay palabras en acción permanente,
verbos en su estado de pureza,
palabras pasivas en contemplación
adentrándose a paisajes, reflexivas,
algunas irrumpen sin anunciarse,
no esperan que la marea baje a sus playas,
desnudas abren puertas, caminan
 en el desierto, atraviesan mares,
no tienen barreras, esas,
que consultan a las estrellas,
son las que permanecen.
Rolando Gabrielli2026

domingo, agosto 09, 2026

El árbol genealógico de las palabras/The Family Tree of Words

El árbol genealógico de las palabras,
seducido por el bien y el mal,
nos puede llevar a un callejón
sin salida, inesperado, cuando menos
a una pequeña Torre de Babel,
que busca su propia,
intraducible lengua.
Rolando Gabrielli2026


The family tree of words,
seduced by good and evil,
may lead us down a dead-end street,
unexpected, just when we least expect it,
or at least toward a little
Tower of Babel,
searching for its own,
untranslatable tongue.

sábado, agosto 08, 2026

El poema me ha escrito/The Poem Has Written Me

 El poema me ha escrito,

no sé cuantas veces.

Me acompaña

en cada silencio,

descifra mis labios,

pero nunca repite

las mismas palabras,

como si no terminara

de conocerme.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

The poem has written me
more times than I can count.

It stays beside me
through every silence,
reading the language of my lips,
yet it never speaks
the same words twice,

as if it were still
learning who I am.

viernes, agosto 07, 2026

¿Que sabe el poema del poema?/What Does the Poem Know of the Poem?


¿Qué sabe el poema del poema?,

balbuceo, nacimiento de la palabra,

reencuentro de sí mismo,

nada, nada, todavía.

Ser y saber, sus palabras son únicas

Aún cuando solo sea especulación,

ensayo y error, ejercicio, revelación.

Forma y contenido son uno,

en la unidad.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

What Does the Poem Know of the Poem?

What does the poem know of the poem?

Babbling, the birth of the word,
the rediscovery of itself,
nothing, nothing, not yet.

Being and knowing—its words are one,
even if they are only speculation,
trial and error, practice, revelation.

Form and content are one
in unity.

jueves, agosto 06, 2026

Hiroshima/Hiroshima

 

Hiroshima fue la lotería de la muerte,

una carnicería que cayó del cielo,

un 6 de agosto de 1945

a las 8.15 de la mañana, en Japón.

En un abrir y cerrar de ojos,

solo polvo, cenizas, asfixia,

un aire irrespirable,

murió hasta el silencio.

El hongo ascendió a los cielos

con 70 mil almas.

La hora de Hiroshima

es la hora de la memoria.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

Hiroshima

Hiroshima was the lottery of death,

a slaughter that fell from the sky,

on August 6, 1945,

at 8:15 in the morning,

in Japan.

In the blink of an eye,

there was only dust,

ashes,

suffocation,

air no one could breathe.

Even silence died.

The mushroom cloud rose into the heavens,

bearing seventy thousand souls.

The hour of Hiroshima

is the hour of remembrance.

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Hiroshima fue arrasada en casi un 90 por ciento. Del primer impacto murieron setenta mil personas, de una población de 350 mil. Por los efectos de las radiaciones de la bomba, llamada Little Boy,  murieron en total 140 mil japoneses.

miércoles, agosto 05, 2026

Hay poetas que atraviesan/There are poets who transcend

 Hay poetas que atraviesan

en silencio su propia historia.

Por eso pregunto:

qué llegó a saber Pessoa

de Pessoa?

Quizás fue su más 

desconocido autor,

el otro que no llegó

a conocer.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

There are poets who move

silently through

their own history.

So I ask:

What did Pessoa

ever come to know

of Pessoa?

Perhaps he was

his own most

unknown author—

the other self

he never came

to know.

martes, agosto 04, 2026

Canciòn del despertar/Song of Awakening

 

No hagas ruido,

algo va a despertar,

el tiempo está dormido,

aparentemente inmóvil,

un alma libre no hace ruidos

ni frente al mar,

solo sabemos que está.

Deja que todo ocurra,

comience a fluir,

cierra los ojos,

lo desconocido no avisa,

va a pasar.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

Do not make a sound.
Something is about to awaken.

Time is sleeping,
seemingly still.
A free soul makes no sound,
not even before the sea.
We only know
that it is there.

Let everything unfold.
Let it begin to flow.
Close your eyes.
The unknown gives no warning.
It is coming.

El amor/Love

 El amor,

visible o invisible,

es invencible.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

Love,
visible or invisible,
is invincible.

lunes, agosto 03, 2026

THE SILENT FAITH OF THE BLANK PAGE/La fe silenciosa de la página en blanco

 

THE SILENT FAITH OF THE BLANK PAGE

For My Unknown Readers

ROLANDO GABRIELLI

1

The blank page has been my greatest influence and my most demanding teacher. It knows my doubts, my hesitations, my frustrations, my achievements, and, above all, my sleepless nights. Success belongs to the box office, to the subtle arithmetic of stars aligned across the planet. Poetry follows its own course through history, confronting death with the living force of its emotions and its words.

Poetry is the one art that composes its own music and conducts its own orchestra whenever it chooses.

In these turbulent times, marked by aggression and by the threats of apocalyptic prophets against the most vulnerable, it is difficult to imagine an artist withdrawn upon a cloud, watching as the world and humankind burn together in the same fire.

The world—and those who conduct the true orchestra—has not needed to declare a Third World War for us to witness the horror and terror of its own masterpiece.

We have all been warned that we walk upon a sheet of glass, like elephants balancing on a spider's web, staring into the void cast by their own shadows.

This is a century that seems strangely comfortable with human folly, a folly that has gained absolute dominion over the most intelligent species on Earth—the very species bent on its own destruction.

2

Poetry is yourself and everything around you: what you read, where you travel, what you eat—in a word, your life. Alphabet soup is an old metaphor, yet it remains the finest nourishment for a poet: to ingest the alphabet, the dictionary, and every page that has been written, as well as every page still waiting to be written. No junk food. No disposable literature. Simply put, poetry is life. It is the perpetual present that gathers the past while living each day, nourishing who you are and what you do, your own circumstances, and that enduring hope we call the future.

Nature itself, and human nature, belong to this poetic realm—to the word that names, founds, and, at times, even prophesies.

Never forget: what matters is not who speaks the last word, but whether it is a new word—and a true one.

https://letralia.com/noticias/2026/07/31/fe-pagina-blanco/

https://muckrack.com/rolando-gabrielli

domingo, agosto 02, 2026

La disciplina del martillo/The discipline of the hammer

 La disciplina del martillo,

es implacable,

golpear, golpear,

hasta dar

en el clavo.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

The discipline of the hammer

is relentless:

strike, strike,

until

you hit

the nail on the head.

sábado, agosto 01, 2026

Canción/Song

 

Valiente como la espuma,

que rompe en la ola

y no vuelve al mar.

Mira desde la orilla

un horizonte sin fin,

la espuma descansa

en la playa y se sumerge

en la arena para volver

a empezar.

Si la ola me trae,

sigo su curso,

al viento dejo soplar,

el mar, el mar,

es cuanto queda,

en la memoria

 del verano.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

Brave as the foam

that bursts upon the wave
and never finds its way
back to the sea.

From the shore it watches
an endless horizon.

The foam comes to rest
upon the beach,
then buries itself
in the sand
to begin again.

If the wave bears me,
I follow where it leads.
I let the wind have its way.

The sea, the sea—
it is all that remains,
held in the memory
of summer.

viernes, julio 31, 2026

Un lector, si es verdadero/A reader, if genuine

Un lector, si es verdadero,
no debiera desestimar
la voluntad de Ser,
del poema.
Rolando Gabrielli2026

A reader, if genuine,
should not disregard
the poem's
will to Be.

jueves, julio 30, 2026

René Char tenía razón/René Char was right

 René Char tenía razón,

los poetas no dejan huellas,

sino señales.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

René Char was right:
Poets leave no traces,
only signs.

miércoles, julio 29, 2026

Está desayunando/ Someone is having breakfast

 Está desayunando

en alguna parte,

están bombardeando,

en varios lugares,

nada de esto

saldrá en las noticias.

¿Debiéramos preocuparnos?

La mujer lee,

casualmente un diario,

lleno de palabras,

que no dicen nada,

como en estos tiempos.
Rolando Gabrielli2026

Someone is having breakfast

somewhere.

Bombs are falling

in countless places.

None of it

will make the news.

Should we be concerned?

A woman reads,

absently,

a newspaper

filled with words

that say nothing—

as is the way

of these times.

martes, julio 28, 2026

Por mí escribe el delirio/Delirium writes for me

 Por mí escribe

el delirio

y todo lo que

le sobrevive.

Los caminos

de la poesía,

son sorprendentes, 

inefables.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

Delirium writes for me,
and all
that outlives it.

The paths
of poetry
are full of wonder,
beyond words.

lunes, julio 27, 2026

Posteridad/Posterity

 El viejo escribía sus memorias

para el olvido, solìa decir,

 y en el arte del ingenio y grandeza,

decidió titularlas: posteridad.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

The old man wrote his memoirs

for oblivion, he used to say,

and, in an act of wit and grandeur,

he chose to title them: Posterity.

domingo, julio 26, 2026

No solo son palabras/More Than Words

 1

Un poema,

déjalo

que se escriba

y cuente su historia.

2

La vida es un hilo,

se corta sin hacer ruido

y se vuelve anudar.

3

No te dejes

influenciar

por tu ignorancia.

4

Para salvar

el siglo,

cambia

de canal.

5

No pienses

en el poema,

deja que el poema

piense en ti.

6

Érase una vez,

un poeta

que se convirtió

en un poema.

7

Más vale

que tu silencio

sea tan grande,

que volvamos

a escucharlo,

en los próximos

siglos.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

1

A poem—

let it

write itself

and tell

its own story.

2

Life is a thread;

it is cut

without a sound,

then

knotted again.

3

Do not let yourself

be influenced

by your own

ignorance.

4

To save

the century,

change

the channel.

5

Do not think

about the poem;

let the poem

think

about you.

6

Once upon a time,

there was a poet

who became

a poem.

7

May your silence

be so vast

that we shall

hear it again

through

the centuries

to come.

sábado, julio 25, 2026

La belleza/The Beauty

 La inmortalidad

de la belleza,

está en existir.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

The Beauty

The immortality
of beauty
lies in its existence.

viernes, julio 24, 2026

El bello tiempo/The Beautiful Time

 El bello tiempo

de la poesía,

nace de sus primeros

pasos adolescentes,

es un ejercicio alegre,

libre, comprometido

con una palabra

que prueba sus alas

al salir del nido.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

Poetry's fairest season

begins with its first
adolescent steps,

in a joyful practice,
free and devoted

to a word
trying out its wings

as it rises

from the nest. 

jueves, julio 23, 2026

Londres/London 38


Londres 38,

una calle, una dirección, un lugar,

donde se bautizó la muerte,

tan de moda en esos y estos tiempos

Una callejuela en el centro de Santiago,

tranquila,  cotidiana, anónima,

próxima  a la iglesia San Francisco.

Una casona con nueve ventanas verticales

y un gran portón de entrada,

podría pasar por un monasterio

en pleno corazón de la capital,

de rostro austero, sin ninguna identificación.

Londres 38, conocido como el Palacio de la risa,

Casa de las campanas, La silla, donde la muerte

no tenía reemplazo y el terror

 dicta cátedra al espanto.

La gente pasa y conversa trivialidades,

algunos disfrutan de una cerveza

en un restaurante cercano,

la iglesia tañe las campanas al atardecer,

los feligreses acuden a sus oraciones.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

London 38

A street, an address, a place,
where death was christened,
so much in fashion
then, and even now.

A narrow street in downtown Santiago,
quiet, ordinary, anonymous,
just steps away from San Francisco Church.

A stately house with nine tall windows
and a great entrance gate,
it could easily be mistaken for a monastery
in the very heart of the capital,
its face austere, bearing no sign or name.

London 38, known as the Palace of Laughter,
the House of Bells, The Chair,
where death had no substitute,
and terror
lectured horror in its own classroom.

People walk by, exchanging trivial conversations.
Some enjoy a beer
at a nearby restaurant.
The church bells ring at dusk;
the faithful gather
for evening prayers.

miércoles, julio 22, 2026

Dibujo tu rostro/I draw your face



Dibujo tu rostro

y mi mano

lo reconstruye

como si fuera

tu único rostro.

¿Pero qué más queda

cuando ya no queda

más que copiar tu belleza?

Rolando Gabrielli2026


I draw your face,

and my hand

recreates it

as though it were

your only face.

But what else remains

when nothing is left

but to copy your beauty?

martes, julio 21, 2026

Germán Carrasco

 Germán Carrasco

Cómo se pierde la vida

y la poesía sigue su curso

en cualquier orden de cosas

y a nadie le importan

las palabras que el poeta

reservó para el silencio,

esa ocasión a la que nadie

escapa y llega con una sorpresa,

sorprendente.

Rolando Gabrielli2026


How Life Is Lost

How life slips away,

while poetry continues on its course,

through every order of things,

and no one cares

for the words the poet

reserved for silence—

that moment

from which no one escapes,

and which arrives

bearing a startling,

unexpected surprise.

lunes, julio 20, 2026

¿De qué nos habla la memoria?/What Does Memory Speak Of?

 ¿De qué nos habla la memoria

sino hay tiempo para el pasado?

Que el viaje comience,

aquí y ahora,

tenga principio,

pero no fin.

Sea nuestra aventura

y la palabra,

el santo y seña

de todo lo nuevo,

desconocido,

que viene

y nos asombra.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

What does memory speak of

if there is no time for the past?

Let the journey begin,

here and now.

Let it have a beginning,

but no end.

Let it be our adventure,

and let the word

be the watchword,

the sacred password

to all that is new,

unknown,

that is coming

and leaves us

in wonder.

domingo, julio 19, 2026

El mundo es un espectáculo/The World Is a Spectacle

 El mundo es un espectáculo,

en el amplio sentido de la palabra

y nadie puede negarlo.

En estos momentos cumbres,

de grandes festejos nos muestra

en 180 grados a la redonda,

la miseria humana como un espejo rabioso,

que gira sin sentido y expulsa toda imagen,

sin importar hacia donde apunta su enloquecida

brújula y destino.

Ante unas privilegiadas multitudes,

 que disfrutan sus 90 minutos de pasión y gloria,

se oscurece la humanidad toda,

 empujada al vacío como si no hubiera mañana.

Imposible olvidar frente al espectáculo,

el día a día, con semejante fiesta y derroche,

escuchar el resonar de sus ruidosas voces

y ver que la historia será memoria,

solo memoria.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

The World Is a Spectacle

The world is a spectacle,

in every sense of the word,

and no one can deny it.

At this very hour,

amid the highest celebrations,

it unveils,

across the full horizon,

the misery of humankind—

a furious mirror

whirling without reason,

flinging back every image,

heedless of where

its deranged compass

or its blind destiny may lead.

Before the privileged crowds,

lost in their ninety minutes

of passion and glory,

the whole of humanity

is swallowed by darkness,

hurled toward the abyss

as though tomorrow

had already been erased.

Impossible,

before such a spectacle,

to forget the ordinary days,

while this immense festival

of excess and splendor unfolds;

to ignore the thunder

of its clamorous voices,

or fail to see

that history,

in the end,

will become memory—

nothing but memory.