Poems

Qichqa-Precipice

I started down in secret,
but I stumbled and fell.
When I opened my eyes, I saw the Aleph.
“The Aleph”, (Jorge Luis Borges)

There now, a terrace
And so we see life, indeed all of existence.
At these heights, our view unrivaled.
From there, all of us together,
what haven’t we realized, what haven’t we foretold
In the name of qichqa.
precipice.

There now are the wise ones,
Seekers of memories, of consciousness
suspended.
From there now, one lays hold of truth–chiqaq.

And from there, a lagoon is also, lagoon
And from there, a mountain is also, mountain
And there above all else, pacha —all of time and all of space
is pacha.

Simi

My words cannot conjure the things you do
my idle tongue
writes towards a vanishing

My words cannot enclose all that you are
a trembling of thorns
absolutes exist nowhere

My words are no match for your retreat
give voice to my affliction
say fire

Iskay Qucha

Huk wachwa urqumanta pawan
yanantin.
Sunquypiñataq, lasta.

Iskay wachwam
qucha ukunpi.
Musquyniypiñataq:
“atiparuwankum”
qillqaykunki.

Wachwakuna uñankunata
rapran ukunpi apanku,
pakaspalla.
Qillqanayawanmanñachus?

Hukmanyasqa wayrata musyaspa
yuraq-yanalla
pawaykachankunku.

Kay law qucha patanpiñataq
harawiykunallaña,
yupinkunahinas
allimanta
chin kan qa.

Chinkana

Car il faut s’amuser, continua le marquis, il n’y a que cela de réel dans la vie1
(Le rouge et le noir, Stendhal)

Chinkana machaykunaman riq.
Mana riqsisqa ñankunaman
atipakuq!
Mana qasilla kaq
kita!
Mana takyay atiq
sallqa!
Millay!

1Kusikunanchikmi, qatiykachin marqkisqa, chayllam chiqaq kay pachapiqa.
(Pukawan yana, Stendhal)

Oscar number kinsa y arte poéticas

A Boon Jong Ho, Joaquin Phoenix y Taika Waititi

I

Varios sonidos anunciaban la llegada de Los Altos alazanes de Kurankuni a Waraqo
Y un día galopé de Warkisa a los manantiales de Molino Wayqo
En un caballo del tío Óscar
Esta película es eterna

II

Artepoéticas:
Patan patan puripakuq
Mana riqsisqa
Tuytuq
Mayuman asuykuspa
Asiykuspa
Urmaykaykamuq
Ranra rumi

Juch’uylla

Kausayninchaj allin juch’uy,
wayraj phukuynin jinalla;
chayman jina kausananchaj
yan purej runa jinalla.

Kausasqaspa, ukhunchajta
uywanapaj, mikhunanchaj;
wañojtinchaj, qhepallanta
khuruspa mikunan kanchaj.