EL POEMA ES EL POEMA/THE POEM IS THE POEM

El poema es el poema,

 no solo contiene palabras,

 sino la voz oculta de su tiempo,

 al menos es lo que nos intenta decir

de alguna manera,

 al interior de su soledad,

 su íntima palabra con el autor,

su pública palabra con el lector anónimo,

 ocasional, atemporal,

 que frente a él se descubre y convierte

en su propia voz,

 cuando inicia su aventura-lectura.

Rolando Gabrielli2025

The poem is the poem,

not just a vessel of words,

but the hidden voice of its time.

At least, that’s what it tries

to tell us, in its own way,

within the depths of its solitude,

its intimate word with the author,

its public word with the reader—

anonymous, occasional, timeless—

who, before it, is revealed

and turns it into their own voice,

as their reading-adventure begins.