Borges on Time and the New Year
Poem forwarded by my cousin Sergio. Apologies to non-Spanish speakers…
Final del año
Ni el pormenor simbólico
de reemplazar un nueve por un diez
ni esa metáfora baldía
que convoca a un lapso que muere
ni el cumplimiento de un proceso astronómico
aturden y socavan
la altiplanicie de esta noche
y nos obligan a esperar
las doce irreparables campanadas.
La causa verdadera
es la sospecha general y borrosa
del enigma del tiempo;
es el asombro ante el milagro
de que a despecho de infinitos azares,
de que a despecho de que somos
las gotas del rio de Heráclito,
perdure algo en nosotros:
inmóvil.
– Jorge Luis Borges
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