Acá traduje uno, hace unos meses, pero no de los "difíciles". Hoy vamos a intentar otro en el taller de traducción. Si sale bien lo pongo.
Silencio
Mi padre solía decir:
“La gente superior nunca hace visitas
largas,
ni pide que le muestren la tumba de
Longfellow
o las flores de vidrio de Harvard.
Autosuficiente como el gato
–que con su presa se va a la intimidad,
la cola del ratón colgando de la boca–
disfruta a veces de la soledad
y puede quedarse sin palabras
ante palabras que la han deleitado.
El sentimiento más profundo se expresa con
silencio;
no con silencio, sino con moderación”.
Y no era hipócrita cuando decía: “Haz de mi
casa tu posada”.
La posadas no son residencias.
Silence
My father used to say,
"Superior people never make long visits,
have to be shown Longfellow's grave
nor the glass flowers at Harvard.
Self reliant like the cat --
that takes its prey to privacy,
the mouse's limp tail hanging like a shoelace from its mouth --
they sometimes enjoy solitude,
and can be robbed of speech
by speech which has delighted them.
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence;
not in silence, but restraint."
Nor was he insincere in saying, "`Make my house your inn'."
Inns are not residences.
"Superior people never make long visits,
have to be shown Longfellow's grave
nor the glass flowers at Harvard.
Self reliant like the cat --
that takes its prey to privacy,
the mouse's limp tail hanging like a shoelace from its mouth --
they sometimes enjoy solitude,
and can be robbed of speech
by speech which has delighted them.
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence;
not in silence, but restraint."
Nor was he insincere in saying, "`Make my house your inn'."
Inns are not residences.