Flores Nocturnas
Silvio Rodriguez
Night Flowers
The night flowers of Fifth Avenue open
for those poor gentlemen going to the hotel
flowers breaking in the darkness
flowers of complicit winks
flowers whistling suicides
flowers of fatal scent.
Which gardener planted Fifth Avenue
with such precise variety of nocturnality
what is their species and country
what fine fertilizer nourished their roots
giving them a wild tone
where will their source be.
Flowers crossing forbidden doors
flowers knowing what I won't know
flowers threading their dream of life
in faithless garlands
sheets with eyes flowers
disposable flowers
bells of craving
flowers eating love leftovers.
Sprouting, bouncing, exploding along Fifth Avenue
they are plucked and depart with swift air
they say the flower trade is tough
when their petals wither in the sun
pale night flowers
flowers of disappointment.
Flowers crossing forbidden doors
knowing what I won't know
threading their dream of life
in faithless garlands
sheets with eyes flowers
disposable flowers
bells of craving
flowers without spring or season
flowers eating love leftovers.
