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LOS SEMINARISTAS
A Osmán Avilés
Marchan por la Calle Obispo
bajo el látigo inclemente del verano.
Tras las raídas sotanas se vislumbra
el sexo de los hombres
que deben consagrarse al pudor, la castidad y la doctrina.
Las rústicas sandalias rozan los adoquines.
Como una impúdica plegaria se eleva el olor
de las axilas en el aire
envolviendo las aceras y las plazas.
Un jovencito imberbe y una niña los observan;
una beata, tras su velo, hace una extraña mueca y se
persigna
mientras el dulce canto gregoriano hechiza a cada
transeúnte.
Todos detienen su juego, su ocio o su quehacer
para verlos pasar.
De dos en dos, los seminaristas, se pierden por la Calle
Obispo.
Tuercen la esquina y se adentran por la oscura puerta del
convento,
erguidos y austeros, cargando sobre su pecho tan pesada
cruz.
Aún nos puede llenar de turbación la imagen que recuerdo.
The Seminarians
To Osmán Avilés
March across Obispo Street
under the inclement whip of summer,
behind the ragged cassocks loom
the sex of men
who give themselves to Modesty, Chastity, and Doctrine.
Rustic sandals graze the cobblestones.
Like an impudent prayer,
the smell of armpit rises under the sun,
surrounding sidewalks and squares
A beardless youth, and a girl observe them.
Some holy woman, behind her veil, strangely grins,
making the sign of the cross,
while the sweet Gregorian chant bewilders
each passerby.
All stay playing, idling and chore
to see them pass.
In twos, the seminarians disappear along Obispo Street.
Turning towards the corner, they enter the dark doors of the
convent,
tall, and austere, carrying upon their chests such heavy
cross.
The image still fills with trepidation the memory.
© Félix Anesio
Translated by ©Lidice Megla
Félix Anesio. Guantánamo, 1950. Narrator and poet with 5 published books. He appears in several anthologies in Cuba, the US and Spain, as well as, in important magazines such as, Linden Lane Magazine, Nagari, Conexos, Otro Lunes, Crear en Salamanca , among others. He is the winner of two, Carmen Luisa Pinto prizes in the categories of narrative and poetry, he received a mention in Pluma de Plata ( Silver Pen) by Entre Líneas publishing house. He won the Florida Book Award (2019) and participated in the Miami Book Fair 2016 & 2018.
Currently, Anesio works on another book of poems. He resides in the city of Miami. Fl. US.