Translation:The Black Heralds (1918)/Halflight

by César Vallejo

I've dreamed an escape. And I've dreamed
your lace scattered in the bedroom.
Along a pier, some mother;
and her fifteen years breastfeeding to one hour.

I've dreamed an escape. A “forever”
sighed on the ladder of a prow;
I've dreamed a mother;
some fresh little growths of greenery,
and the starry trousseau of an aurora.

Along a pier......
And along a neck being strangled!