Table of Contents

• Preface
• A Note on the Poem Dates
• Introduction
• José Martí (Cuba, 1853-1895)

  Sueño despierto

  I Dream Awake, trans. Elinor Randall

  Contra el verso retórico...

  The Opposite of Ornate and Rhetorical Poetry, trans. Elinor Randall

  Versos sencillos: I, IX, X, XXXVI

  Simple Verses: I, IX, X, XXXVI, trans. Elinor Randall

  Dos patrias

  Two Countries, trans. Elinor Randall

• João da Cruz e Sousa (Brazil, 1861-1898)

  Antífona

  Antiphony, trans. Nancy Vieira Couto

  Acrobata da dor

  Acrobat of Pain, trans. Flavia Vidal

  Sexta-feira Santa

  Good Friday, trans. Flavia Vidal

  Ódio sagrado

  Sacred Hatred, trans. Flavia Vidal

• Rubén Darío (Nicaragua, 1867-1916)

  Primaveral

  Springtime, trans. Lysander Kemp

  Yo persigo una forma...

  I Seek a Form..., trans. Lysander Kemp

  Era un aire suave...

  It Was a Gentle Air..., trans. Lysander Kemp

  El cisne

  The Swan, trans. Lysander Kemp

  Sonatina

  Sonatina, trans. Lysander Kemp

  Caracol

  The Seashell, trans. Lysander Kemp

  Lo fatal

  Fatality, trans. Lysander Kemp

  A Roosevelt

  To Roosevelt, trans. Lysander Kemp

  Tarde del tropico

  Tropical Afternoon, trans. Lysander Kemp

  Nocturno

  Nocturne, trans. Lysander Kemp

  Triptico de Nicaragua

  Nicaraguan Triptych, trans. Lysander Kemp

• Ricardo Jaimes Freyre (Bolivia, 1870?-1933)

  Aeternum vale

  Eternal Farewell, trans. Victor Tulli

  El alba

  The Dawn, trans. Victor Tulli

  Las voces tristes

  The Sad Voices, trans. Iver Lofving

• Amado Nervo (Mexico, 1870—1919)

  Venganza

  Revenge, trans. Sue Standing

  El dolor vencido

  Sorrow Vanquished, trans. Sue Standing

  El don

  The Gift, trans. Sue Standing

  Éxtasis

  Ecstasy, trans. Sue Standing

• Enrique González Martínez (Mexico, 1871-1952)

  Tuércele el cuello al cisne...

  Wring the Swan's Neck, trans. Samuel Beckett

  Como hermana y hermano

  Like Sister and Brother, trans. Nancy Christoph

  El néctar de Ápam

  The Nectar of Apam, trans. Elizabeth Gordon

  La ventana

  The Window, trans. Elizabeth Gordon

  Dolor

  Pain, trans. Samuel Beckett

  Último viaje

  Last Journey, trans. Samuel Beckett

• José María Eguren (Peru, 1874-1942)

  Las torres

  The Towers, trans. Iver Lofving

  Los muertos

  The Dead, trans. Iver Lofving

  Las niñas de luz

  The Girls of the Light, trans. Iver Lofving

  Peregrín, cazador de figuras

  Peregrin, Wandering Hunter of Faces, trans. Iver Lofving

• Leopoldo Lugones (Argentina, 1874-1938)

  Delectación morosa

  Indulgence, trans. Julie Schumacher

  La blanca soledad

  White Solitude, trans. Julie Schumacher

  Salmo pluvial

  Rain Psalm, trans. Julie Schumacher

  Olas grises

  Gray Waves, trans. Julie Schumacher

• José Santos Chocano (Peru, 1875-1934)

  Blasón

  A Manifesto, trans. Andrew Rosing

  Los volcanes

  The Volcanoes, trans. Andrew Rosing

  El sueño del caimán

  The Dream of the Caiman, trans. Andrew Rosing

  El sueño del cóndor

  The Dream of the Condor, trans. Andrew Rosing

  Indignación

  Indignation, trans. Andrew Rosing

  ¡Quién sabe!

  Who Knows? trans. Andrew Rosing

• Julio Herrera y Reissig (Uruguay, 1875-1910)

  Julio

  July, trans. Andrew Rosing

  La sombra dolorosa

  The Sorrowful Shadow, trans. Andrew Rosing

  El regreso

  The Return, trans. Andrew Rosing

  Alba gris

  Grey Dawn, trans. Andrew Rosing

  Decoración heráldica

  Heraldic Decoration, trans. Andrew Rosing

• Delmira Agustini (Uruguay, 1886-1914)

  Las alas

  The Wings, trans. Elizabeth Gordon

  Otra estirpe

  Another Race, trans. Karl Kirchwey

  Visión

  Vision, trans. Karl Kirchwey

  Lo inefable

  The Ineffable, trans. Karl Kirchwey

  La barca milagrosa

  The Miraculous Ship, trans. Karl Kirchwey

• Manael Bandeira (Brazil, 1886-1968)

  Boda espiritual

  Spiritual Wedding, trans. Candace Slater

  Poética

  Poetics, trans. Candace Slater

  Evocação do Recife

  Evocation of Recife, trans. Candace Slater

  Mozart no céu

  Mozart in Heaven, trans. Dudley Poore

  Vou-me embora pra Pasárgada

  Off to Pasárgada, trans. Candace Slater

  Rondó dos cavalinhos

  Rondeau of the Little Horses, trans. Candace Slater

  Retrato

  Portrait, trans. Candace Slater

  Entrevista

  Interview, trans. Candace Slater

• Ramón López Velarde (Mexico, 1888-1921)

  Mi prima Agueda

  My Cousin Agueda, trans. Samuel Beckett

  Domingos de provincia

  Provincial Sundays, trans. Julián Manríquez

  El retorno maléfico

  Baleful Return, trans. Victor Tulli

  Tierra mojada

  Wet Earth, trans. Samuel Beckett

  Hormigas

  Ants, trans. Samuel Beckett

• Gabriela Mistral [Lucila Godoy Alcayaga] (Chile, 1889-1957)

  Decálogo del artista

  Decalogue of the Artist, trans. Doris Dana

  La casa

  The House, trans. Doris Dana

  Apegado a mí

  Close to Me, trans. Doris Dana

  La flor del aire

  The Flower of Air, trans. Doris Dana

  Una palabra

  One Word, trans. Doris Dana

  Una mujer

  A Woman, trans. Doris Dana

  Último árbol

  Final Tree, trans. Doris Dana

• Alfonso Reyes (Mexico, 1889-1959)

  La amenaza de la flor

  The Menace of the Flower, trans. Samuel Beckett

  Apenas

  Scarcely..., trans. Samuel Beckett

  Yerbas del tarahumara

  Tarahumara Herbs, trans. Samuel Beckett

  Sol de Monterrey

  Monterrey Sun, trans. Samuel Beckett

• Oswald de Andrade (Brazil, 1890-1954)

  falação

  Babbling, trans. Flavia Vidal

  erro de português

  Portuguese Mistake, trans. Flavia Vidal

  fronteira

  Frontier, trans. Flavia Vidal

  o hierofante

  Hierofant, trans. Flavia Vidal

  buena-dicha

  Good Luck, trans. Flavia Vidal

  plebiscito

  Election, trans. Flavia Vidal

• César Vallejo (Peru/France, 1892?-1938)

  Los heraldos negros

  The Black Messengers, trans. Rachel Benson

  Heces

  Down to the Dregs, trans. James Wright

  Ágape

  Agape, trans. Ed Dorn and Gordon Brotherston

  El pan nuestro

  Our Daily Bread, trans. James Wright

  A mi hermano Miguel

  To My Brother Miguel, trans. John Knoepfle and James Wright

  "Pienso en tu sexo"

  "I'm thinking of your sex," trans. Sandy McKinney

  "Fué Domingo en las claras orejas de mi burro"

  "It Was Sunday in the fair ears of my burro," trans. Clayton Eshleman

  "Voy a hablar de la esperanza"

  "I am going to talk about hope," trans. Robert Bly

  Piedra negra sobre una piedra blanca :

  Black Stone Lying on a White Stone, trans. Robert Bly and John Knoepfle

  "Hoy me gusta la vida mucho menos"

  "Today I like life much less," trans. Clayton Eshleman,

  Poema para ser leído y cantado

  Poem to Be Read and Sung, trans. Clayton Eshleman

  "La cólera que quiebra al hombre en niños"

  Anger, trans. Thomas Merton

  "Un hombre pasa con un pan al hombro"

  "A man walks by with a loaf of bread on his shoulder," trans. Clayton Eshleman

  España, aparta de mí este cáliz

  Spain, Take This Cup from Me, trans. Clayton Eshleman

  • IX. Pequeño responso a un héroe de la República/Short Prayer for a Loyalist Hero
  • XII. Masa / Mass
  • XIV España, aparta de mí este cáliz /Spain, Take This Cup from Me

• Alfonsina Storni (Argentina, 1892-1938)

  Peso ancestral

  Ancestral Burden, trans. Andrew Rosing

  La garra blanca

  The White Claw, trans. Andrew Rosing

  Carta lírica a otra mujer

  Lyrical Letter to the Other Woman, trans. Dana Stangel

  Dolor

  Sorrow, trans. Andrew Rosing

  Yo en el fondo del mar

  Me at the Bottom of the Sea, trans. Andrew Rosing

  Voy a dormir

  I'm Going to Sleep, trans. Andrew Rosing

• Mário de Andrade (Brazil, 1893-1945)

  Inspiração

  Inspiration, trans. Jack E. Tomlins

  Os cortejos

  The Processions, trans. Jack E. Tomlins

  Domingo

  Sunday, trans. Jack E. Tomlins

  Nocturno

  Nocturne, trans. Jack E. Tomlins

• Alfonso Cortés (Nicaragua, 1893-1969)

  La canción del espacio

  Space Song, trans. Thomas Merton

  La gran plegaria

  Great Prayer, trans. Thomas Merton

• Vicente Huidobro (Chile, 1893-1948)

  Arte poética

  Ars Poetica, trans. David M. Guss

  Marino

  Sailor, trans. David M. Guss

  Altazor [Selecciones]

  Altazor [Selections], trans. Stephen Fredman

  Rincones sordos

  Quiet Spaces, trans. Stephen Fredman

  La poesía es un atentado celeste

  Poetry Is a Heavenly Crime, trans. W. S. Merwin

• Juana de Ibarbourou [Juanita Fernández Morales] (Uruguay, 1895-1979)

  La hora

  The Hour, trans. Sophie Cabot Black

  El fuerte lazo

  The Strong Bond, trans. Sophie Cabot Black and Maria Negroni

  Vida-garfio

  Life-Hook, trans. Sophie Cabot Black and Maria Negroni

  Noche de lluvia

  Rainy Night, trans. Sophie Cabot Black

  Raíz salvaje

  Wild Root, trans. Sophie Cabot Black and Maria Negroni

  Mujer

  Woman, trans. Sophie Cabot Black

• Jorge de Lima (Brazil, 1895-1953)

  Essa negra Fulô

  That Black Girl Fulô, trans. Elizabeth Gordon

  As trombetas

  The Trumpets, trans. Luiz Fernández García

  Estrangeiro, estrangeiro

  Stranger, Stranger, trans. Luiz Fernández García

  As palavras de despedida

  Words of Departure, trans. Luiz Fernández García

• Raul Bopp (Brazil, 1898-1984)

  Cobra Norato: II, IV, VI, XI, XV

  Black Snake: II, IV, VI, XI, XV, trans. Renato Rezende

• Ricardo Molinari (Argentina, 1898-1996)

  Poema de la Niña Velázqueña

  Poem of the Girl from Velázquez, trans. Inés Probert

  Oda a una larga tristeza

  Ode to a Long Sorrow, trans. Inés Probert

  Pequeña oda a la melancolía

  Little Ode to Melancholy, trans. Inés Probert

• Luis Palés Matos (Puerto Rico, 1898-1959)

  Pueblo

  Pueblo, trans. Barry Luby

  Elegia del Duque de la Mermelada

  Elegy for the Duke of Marmalade, trans. Ellen G. Matilla and Diego de la Texera

• Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina, 1899-1986)

  Un patio

  Patio, trans. Robert Fitzgerald

  Casas como ángeles

  Houses like Angels, trans. Robert Fitzgerald

  Fundación mítica de Buenos Aires

  The Mythical Founding of Buenos Aires, trans. Alastair Reid

  Poema conjetural

  Conjectural Poem, trans. Norman Thomas di Giovanni

  Poema de los dones

  Poem of the Gifts, trans. Ben Belitt

  El otro tigre

  The Other Tiger, trans. Norman Thomas di Giovanni

  Arte poética

  Ars Poetica, trans. W. S. Merwin

  Límites

  Limits (or Good-byes), trans. Alan Dugan

  Evernes

  Everness, trans. Richard Wilbur

  Spinoza

  Spinoza, trans. Richard Howard and César Rennert

  El mar

  The Sea, trans. John Updike

• Claudia Lars [Carmen Brannon Beers] (El Salvador, 1899-1974)

  Dibujo de la mujer que llega

  Sketch of the Frontier Woman, trans. Donald D. Walsh

  Evocación de Gabriela Mistral

  Recollection of Gabriela Mistral, trans. Nancy Christoph

• Carlos Pellicer (Mexico, 1899-1977)

  Deseos

  Wishes, trans. Donald Justice

  Estudios

  Studies, trans. Donald Justice

  A la poesía

  To Poetry, trans. Alexandra Migoya

  Grupos de palomas

  Flocks of Doves, trans. Alexandra Migoya

• José Gorostiza (Mexico, 1901-1973)

  ¿Quien me compra una naranja?

  Who Will Buy Me an Orange? trans. Rachel Benson

  Elegía

  Elegy, trans. Rachel Benson

  Luciérnagas

  Fireflies, trans. Rachel Benson

  Muerte sin fin [Selección]

  Death without End [Selection], trans. Rachel Benson

• Cecília Meireles (Brazil, 1901-1964)

  Retrato

  Portrait, trans. Luiz Fernández García

  Desenho

  Sketch, trans. Luiz Fernández García

  Vigilía

  Vigil, trans. James Merrill

  Balada das dez bailarinas do cassino

  Ballad of the Ten Casino Dancers,trans. James Merrill

  O cavalo morto

  The Dead Horse, trans. James Merrill

• Carlos Drummond de Andrade (Brazil, 1902-1987)

  Poema de sete faces

  Seven-sided Poem, trans. Elizabeth Bishop

  Infância

  Infancy, trans. Elizabeth Bishop

  No meio do caminho

  In the Middle of the Road, trans. John Nist

  Não se mate

  Don't Kill Yourself, trans. Elizabeth Bishop

  Viagem na família

  Traveling as a Family, trans. Virginia de Araújo

  Resíduo

  Residue, trans. Virginia de Araújo

  Retrato de família

  Portrait of a Family, trans. Virginia de Araújo

  Canto esponjoso

  Diminutive, trans. Virginia de Araújo

  Um boi vê os homens

  An Ox Looks at Man, trans. Mark Strand

  Elegia

  Elegy, trans. Virginia de Araújo

• Nicolás Guillén (Cuba, 1902-1989)

  Pequeña oda a un negro boxeador cubano

  Small Ode to a Black Cuban Boxer, trans. Robert Márquez and David Arthur McMurray

  El apellido

  My Last Name, trans. Robert Márquez and David Arthur McMurray

  Bares

  Bars, trans. Eric Orozco

• Jaime Torres Bodet (Mexico, 1902-1974)

  Vivir

  Living, trans. Sonja Karsen

  Dédalo

  Labyrinth, trans. Sonja Karsen

  Patria

  My Country, trans. Sonja Karsen

  Éxodo

  Exodus, trans. Sonja Karsen

  Resumen

  Summary, trans. Sonja Karsen

• Jorge Carrera Andrade (Ecuador, 1903-1978)

  La vida perfecta

  The Perfect Life, trans. Dudley Fitts

  El reloj

  The Clock, trans. Michael Surman

  Domingo

  Sunday, trans. Muna Lee de Muñoz Marín

  Segunda vida de mi madre

  Second Life of My Mother, trans. Muna Lee de Muñoz Marín

  Transfiguración de la lluvia

  Transfiguration of the Rain, trans. Michael Surman

• Eugenio Florit (Cuba, 1903 - )

  Elegía para tu ausencia

  Elegy for Your Absence, trans. H. R. Hays

  Martirio de San Sebastián

  The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, trans. Peter Fortunato

  Tarde presente

  The Present Evening, trans. H. R. Hays

• Henriqueta Lisboa (Brazil, 1903-1985)

  Idílio

  Idyll, trans. Hélcio Veiga Costa

  Eco

  Echo, trans. Hélcio Veiga Costa

  Elegia

  Elegy, trans. Hélcio Veiga Costa

  Camélia

  Camellia, trans. Hélcio Veiga Costa

  Além da Imagem

  Beyond the Image, trans. Hélcio Veiga Costa

• Xavier Villaurrutia (Mexico ,1903-1950)

  Poesía

  Poetry, trans. Dana Stangel

  Nocturno de Los Ángeles

  Los Angeles Nocturne, trans. Rachel Benson

  Nocturno

  Nocturne, trans. Xavier Leroux

  Nocturno de la estatua

  Nocturne of the Statue, trans. Dana Stangel

  Nuestro amor

  Our Love, trans. Michael Surman

• Pablo Neruda [Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto] (Chile, 1904-1973)

  Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada

  Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, trans. W. S. Merwin:

  • I. Cuerpo de mujer / Body of a Woman
  • VII. Inclinado en las tardes... / Leaning into the Afternoons...
  • XX. Puedo escribir los versos... / Tonight I Can Write...

  Galope muerto

  Dead Gallop, trans. John Felstiner

  Walking around

  Walking around, trans. Ben Belitt

  Explico algunas cosas

  I'm Explaining a Few Things, trans. Nathaniel Ta

  Algunas bestias

  Some Beasts, trans. James Wright

  Alturas de Macchu Picchu

  The Heights of Macchu Picchu

  • VI, trans. Nathaniel Tarn
  • X, trans. John Felstiner
  • XII, trans. David Young

  La United Fruit Co.

  United Fruit Co., trans. Jack Schmitt

  América, no invoco tu nombre en vano

  America, I Do Not Call Your Name without Hope, trans. Robert Bly

  Oda a los calcetines

  Ode to My Socks, trans. Robert Bly

  Oda a César Vallejo

  Ode to César Vallejo, trans. Stephen Tapscott

  Oda a la pereza

  Ode to Laziness, trans. William Carlos Williams

  Oda a la sal

  Ode to Salt, trans. Margaret Sayers Peden

  Cien sonetos de amor: V, XVI, XCII

  One Hundred Love Sonnets: V, XVI, XCII, trans. Stephen Tapscott

• Sara de Ibáñez (Uruguay, 1910-1971)

  Isla en la tierra

  Island in the Earth, trans. Inés Probert

  Isla en la luz

  Island in the Light, trans. Inés Probert

  Tú, por mi pensamiento

  You, for My Meditation, trans. Andrew Rosing

  La página vacía

  The Empty Page, trans. Andrew Rosing

  No puedo

  I Cannot, trans. Andrew Rosing

• José Lezama Lima (Cuba, 1910-1976)

  Ah, que tú escapes

  Ah, That You Escape, trans. Willis Barnstone

  Una oscura pradera me convida

  A Dark Meadow Invites Me, trans. Willis Barnstone

  Llamado del deseoso

  Call of the Desirous, trans. Willis Barnstone

  Rapsodia para el mulo

  Rhapsody for the Mule, trans. José Rodríguez Feo, Dudley Fitts, and Donald D. Walsh

  Los fragmentos de la noche

  The Fragments of the Night, trans. Willis Barnstone

  Retrato de José Cemí [de la novela Paradiso]

  Portrait of José Cemí [from the novel Paradiso], trans. Gregory Rabassa

• Enrique Molina (Argentina, 1910-1996)

  Mientras corren los grandes días

  As the Great Days Flow, trans. Naomi Lindstrom

  Como debe de ser

  The Way It Must Be, trans. Naomi Lindstrom

• Pablo Antonio Cuadra (Nicaragua, 1912 - )

  El nacimiento del sol

  The Birth of the Sun, trans. Thomas Merton

  Caballos en el lago

  Horses in the Lake, trans. Grace Schulman and Ann McCarthy de Zavala

  Manuscrito en una botella

  Manuscript in a Bottle, trans. Grace Schulman and Ann McCarthy de Zavala

  La estrella vespertina

  The Evening Star, trans. Grace Schulman and Ann McCarthy de Zavala

• Julio Cortázar (Argentina, 1914-1984)

  Conducta de los espejos en la isla de Pascua

  The Behavior of Mirrors on Easter Island, trans. Paul Blackburn

  Historia verídica

  A Very Real Story, trans. Paul Blackburn

  Las líneas de la mano

  The Lines of the Hand, trans. Paul Blackburn

  Costumbres de los famas

  Normal Behavior of the Famas, trans. Paul Blackburn

  Viajes

  Travel, trans. Paul Blackburn

• Efraín Huerta (Mexico, 1914-1982)

  Declaración de odio

  Declaration of Hate, trans. Beth Henson

  Los hombres del alba

  Men of Dawn, trans. Beth Henson

  Este es un amor

  This is a Love, trans. Beth Henson

• Nicanor Parra (Chile, 1914 - )

  Solo de piano

  Piano Solo, trans. William Carlos Williams

  El Túnel

  The Tunnel, trans. W. S. Merwin

  La víbora

  The Viper, trans. W S. Merwin

  Pido que se levante la sesión

  I Move the Meeting Be Adjourned, trans. Allen Ginsberg

  Momias

  Mummies, trans. Tbomas Merton

  La montaña rusa

  Roller Coaster, trans. Miller Williams

  El pequeño burgués

  Litany of the Little Bourgeois, trans. James Laughlin

• Octavio Paz (Mexico, 1914-1998)

  Misterio

  Mystery, trans. Muriel Rukeyser

  Lago

  Lake, trans. Rachel Benson

  Himno entre ruinas

  Hymn among the Ruins, trans. William Carlos Williams

  Piedra nativa

  Native Stone, trans. Muriel Rukeyser

  Aquí

  Here, trans. Charles Tomlinson

  Certeza

  Certainty, trans. Charles Tomlinson

  Pueblo

  Village, trans. Charles Tomlinson

  La arboleda

  The Grove, trans. Elizabeth Bishop with Octavio Paz

  Viento, agua, piedra

  Wind and Water and Stone, trans. Mark Strand

  Entre lo que veo y digo...

  Between What I See and What I Say..., trans. Eliot Weinberger

  Entre irse y quedarse

  Between Going and Staying, trans. Eliot Weinberger

  Árbol adentro

  A Tree Within, trans. Eliot Weinlberger

• Julia de Burgos (Puerto Rico, 1917-1953)

  A Julia de Burgos

  To Julia de Burgos, trans. Grace Schulman

  Poema para mi muerte

  Poem to My Death, trans. Grace Schulman

• Violeta Parra (Chile, 1917-1967)

  Gracias a la vida

  Here's to Life, trans. Joan Baez and John Upton

• Gonzalo Rojas (Chile, 1917- )

  Cama con espejos

  Bed with Mirrors, trans. Christopher Maurer

  Versículos

  Chapter and Verse, trans. Christopher Maurer

  Y nacer es aquí una fiesta innombrable

  And to Be Born Is Here an Unnameable Feast, trans. Christopher Maurer

• Mario Benedetti (Uruguay, 1920- )

  Con permiso

  Wlth Your Permission, trans. David Arthur McMurray

  Todos conspiramos

  We All Conspire, trnns. Sophie Cabot Black and Maria Negroni

• João Cabral de Melo Neto (Brazil, 1920- )

  A Carlos Drummond de Andrade

  To Carlos Drummond de Andrade, tran: Guy Pacitti

  Cemitério pernambucano

  Cemetery in Pernambuco, trans. Jane Cooper

  Uma faca só lâmina [Seleçãoes]

  The Knife That Is All Blade [Selections[, trans. Elizabeth Gordon

  Duas das festas da morte

  Two of the Festivals of Death, trans. W. S. Merwin

  A educação pela pedra

  Education by Stone, trans. James Wright

  O canavial e o mar

  The Canefield and the Sea, trans. Louis Simpson

  O mar e o canavial

  The Sea and the Canefield, trans. Louis Simpson

  Tecendo a manhã

  Weaving the Morning, trans Galway Kinnell

  Os vazios do homem

  The Emptiness of Man, trans. Galway Kinnell

• Olga Orozco (Argentina, 1920 - )

  Miss Havisham

  Miss Havisham, trans. Stephen Tapscott

  Olga Orozco

  Olga Orozco, trans. Stephen Tapscott

  Para hacer un talismán

  To Make a Talisman, trans. Stephen Tapscott

  La realidad y el deseo

  Reality and Desire, trans. Stephen Tapscott

• Eunice Odio (Costa Rica / Mexico, 1922-1974)

  Recuerdo de mi infancia privada

  Memory of My Private Childhood, trans. Suzanne Jill Levine

  Creación

  Creation, trans. Martha Collins

  Prólogo del tiempo que no está en sí

  Prologue to a Time That Is Not Itself, trans. Martha Collins

  Carta a Carlos Pellicer

  Letter to Carlos Pellicer, trans. Martha Collins

• Álvaro Mutis (Colombia, 1923 - )

  Amén

  Amen, trans. Sophie Cabot Black and Maria Negroni

  Canción del este

  East Song, trans. Sophie Cabot Black and Maria Negroni

  Una palabra

  A Word, trans. Sophie Cabot Black and Maria Negroni

  Sonata

  Sonata, trans. Sophie Cabot Black and Maria Negroni

• Claribel Alegría (El Salvador, 1924 - )

  Hacia la edad jurásica

  Toward the Jurassic Age, trans. Carolyn Forché

  Éramos tres

  We Were Three, trans Carolyn. Forché

• Erivesto Cardenal (Nicaragua, 1925 - )

  León

  León, trans. Jonathan Cohen

  Como latas de cerveza vacías

  Like Empty Beer Cans, trans. Thomas Merton

  Salmo 5

  Psalm 5, trans. Robert Márquez

  Oración por Marilyn Monroe

  Prayer for Marilyn Monroe, trans. Robert Pring-Mill

  Luces

  Lights, trans. Jonathan Cohen

• Rosario Castellanos (Mexico, 1925 - 1974)

  Una palmera

  A Palm Tree, trans. Myralyn F. Allgood

  El otro

  The Other, trans. Maureen Ahern

  Poesía no eres tú

  You Are Not Poetry, trans. Maureen Ahern

  El retorno

  The Return, trans. Magda Bogin

• Roberto Juarróz (Argentina, 1925 - )

  Hay puntos de silencio rodeando al corazón...

  There Are Points of Silence Circling the Heart..., trans. W. S. Merwin

  Véase primero el aire y su elemento negro que no cesa...

  Look First at the Air and Its Black Element Which Never Stops..., trans. W. S. Merwin

  La vida dibuja un árbol

  Life Draws a Tree..., trans. W. S. Merwin

  En alguna parte hay un hombre...

  Somewhere There's a Man..., trans. W. S. Merwin

• Jaime Sabines (Mexico, 1925 - )

  Yo no lo sé de cierto...

  I Do Not Know It for Sure..., trans. Isabel Bize

  Los amorosos

  The Lovers, trans. Claudine-Marie D'Angelo

  Entresuelo

  Entresol, trans. Claudine-Marie D'Angelo

  Caprichos

  Capriccios, trans. Claudine-Marie D'Angelo

  Si alguien te dice que no es cierto

  If Someone Tells You It's Not for Sure, trans. Philip Levine

• Carlos Germán Belli (Peru, 1927 - )

  Segregación no. 1

  Segregation #1, trans. Isabel Bize

  Por qué me han mudado

  Why Have They Moved Me, trans. David Tipton and Maureen Ahern

  Una desconocida voz...

  An Unknown Voice.... trans. David Tipton and Maureen Ahern

  ¡Abajo las lonjas!

  Down with the Money-Exchange, trans. David Tipton and Maureen Ahern

  Papá, mamá

  Father, Mother, trans. David Tipton and Maureen Ahern

  ¡Oh padres, sabedlo bien...!

  My Parents, Know It Well, trans. David Tipton and Maureen Ahern

• Ernesto [Che] Guevara (Argentina/Cuba, 1928-1967)

  Canto a Fidel

  Song to Fidel, trans. Ed Dorn and Gordon Brotherston

• Enrique Lihn (Chile, 1929- )

  La pieza oscura

  The Dark Room, trans. David Unger

  Barro

  Mud, trans. John Felstiner

  Recuerdos de matrimonio

  Memories of Marriage, trans. John Felstiner

  Cementerio de Punta Arenas

  Cemetery in Punta Arenas, trans. David Unger

  Revolución

  Revolution, trans. Jonathan Cohen

• Juan Gelman (Argentina, 1930- )

  Los ojos

  Eyes, trans. Elinor Randall and Robert Márquez

  Épocas

  Epochs, trans. Elinor Randall and Robert Márquez

  Historia

  History, trans. Robert Márquez

• Ferreira Gullar [José Ribamar Ferreira] (Brazil, 1930 - )

  Oswald morto

  Oswald Dead, trans. Renato Rezende

  No corpo

  In the Body, trans. Renato Rezende

  No mundo há muitas armadilhas

  There Are Many Traps in the World, trans. Renato Rezende

  Poster

  Poster, trans. Renato Rezende

  Cantada

  Sweet Talk, trans. Renato Rezende

  Barulho

  Noise, trans. Renato Rezende

• Heberto Padilla (Cuba, 1932- )

  Una pregunta a la escuela de Frankfurt

  A Question for the Frankfurt School, trans. Alastair Reid and Andrew Hurley

  Autorretrato del otro

  Self-Portrait of the Other, trans. Alastair Reid and Andrew Hurley

  Herencias

  Legacies, trans. Alastair Reid and Andrew Hurley

  La promesa

  The Promise, trans. Alastair Reid and Alexander Coleman

• Gabriel Zaid (Mexico, 1934- )

  Canción de seguimiento

  Song of Pursuit, trans. Mónica Hernández-Cancio

  Claridad furiosa

  A Furious Clarity, trans. George McWhirter

  Claustro

  Cloister, trans. Mónica Hernández-Cancio

  Circe

  Circe, trans. Andrew Rosing

  Práctica mortal

  Mortal Practice, trans. Mónica Hernández-Cancio

  Reloj del sol

  Sundial, trans. Adrian Hernandez

• Roque Dalton (El Salvador, 1935-1975)

  Arte poética

  Ars Poetica, trans. Richard Schaaf

  Buscándome líos

  Looking for Trouble, trans. Richard Schaaf

  El descanso del guerrero

  Soldier's Rest, trans. Richard Schaaf

  La pequeña burguesía

  The Petty Bourgeoisie, trans. Richard Schaaf

  De un revolucionario a J. L. Borges

  From a Revolutionary to J. L. Borges, trans. Julie Schumacher

• Victor Jara (Chile, 1935-1973)

  Estadio Chile

  Estadio Chile, trans. Joan Jara

• Adélia Prado (Brazil, 1935- )

  Graça

  Grace, trans. Marcia Kirinus

  Sesta

  Siesta, trans. Marcia Kirinzs

  Fluência

  Fluency, trans. Marcia Kirinus

  tral

  Stained Glass Window, trans. Marcia Kirinus

  O pelicano

  The Pelican, trans. Marcia Kirinus

  Em português

  In Portuguese, trans. Marcia Kirinus

• Jorge Teillier (Chile, 1935- )

  Puente en el Sur

  Bridge in the South, trans. Carolyne Wright

  Retrato de mi padre, militante comunista

  Portait of My Father, Militant Communist, trans. Carolyne Wright

  Sin señal de vida

  No Sign of Life, trans. Carolyne Wright

• Alejandra Pizarnik (Argentina, 1936-1972)

  El despertar

  The Awakening, trans. Frank Graziano and María Rosa Fort

  Exilio

  Exile, trans. Frank Graziano and María Rosa Fort

  Cenizas

  Ashes, trans. Frank Graziano and María Rosa Fort

  Poema para el padre

  Poem for the Father, trans. Frank Graziano and María Rosa Fort

• Óscar Hahn (Chile, 1938- )

  Gladiolos junto al mar

  Gladioli by the Sea, trans. Isabel Bize

  El hombre

  Man, trans. Sandy McKinney

  La muerte está sentada a los pies de mi cama

  Death Is Sitting at the Foot of My Bed, trans. Sandy McKinney

  Visión de Hiroshima

  Vision of Hiroshima, trans. Sandy McKinney

• José Emilio Pacheco (Mexico, 1939-)

  Alta traición

  High Treason, trans. Alastair Reid

  Indagación en torno del murciélago

  An Enquiry Concerning the Bat, trans. Alastair Reid

  Job 18, 2

  Job 18, 2, trans. Alastair Reid

  Límites

  Boundaries, trans. John Frederick Nims

• Homero Aridjis (Mexico, 1940- )

  Epitafio para un poeta

  Epitaph for a Poet, trans. John Frederick Nims

  Cae la lluvia...

  The Rain Is Falling, trans. John Frederick Nims

  Salir de la mujer es separarse

  To Emerge from a Woman Is to Become Separate, trans. W. S. Merwin

  Descomposición con risa

  Decomposition with Laughter, trans. Jerome Rothenberg

  Carta de México

  Letter from Mexico, trans. Eliot Weinberger

  El poema

  The Poem, trans. Eliot Weinberger

• Antonio Cisneros (Peru, 1942 - )

  Karl Marx died 1883 aged 65

  Karl Marx, Died 1883 Aged 65, trans. Maureen Ahern and David Tipton

  La araña cuelga demasiado lejos de la tierra

  The Spider Hangs Too Far from the Ground, trans. William Rowe

  A una dama muerta

  To a Dead Lady, trans. Maureen Ahern and David Tipton

  Dos soledades

  Loneliness

  • I. Hampton Court, trans. William Rowe
  • II. Paris 5e, trans. Maureen Ahern and David Tipton

• Nancy Morejón (Cuba, 1944- )

  Madre

  Mother, trans. Kathleen Weaver

  Amor, ciudad atribuída

  Love, Attributed City, trans. Kathleen Weaver

  Richard trajo su flauta

  Richard Brought His Flute, trans. Kathleen Weaver

  Desilusión para Rubén Darío

  Disillusion for Rubén Darío, trans. Kathleen Weaver

• Octavio Armand (Cuba/U.S.A., 1946- )

  Braille para mano izquierda

  Braille for Left Hand, trans. Carol Maier

  Soneto

  Sonnet, trans. Jason Shinder

  Otra poética

  Another Poetics, trans. Carol Maier

  Poema con piel

  Poem with Skin, trans. Carol Maier

  A buen entendedor, pocas palabras

  A Word to the Wise, trans. Carol Maier

• Raúl Zurita (Chile, 1951- )

  Las espejeantes playas

  The Sparkling Beaches, trans. Jack Schmitt

  La marcha de las cordilleras

  The March of the Cordilleras, trans. Jack Schmitt

  Aún abandonados florecerían

  Even Forsaken They'd Flower, trans. Jack Schmitt

  VI

  VI, trans. Jack Schmitt

  Esplendor en el viento

  Splendor in the Wind, trans. Jack Schmitt

• Marjorie Agosin (Chile/U.S.A., 1955 - )

  La danza

  The Dance, trans. Cola Franzen

• Appendix: Poems By Brazilian Concretists
• Select Bibliographies: Major Works, Chiefly Poetry
• Acknowledgments
• Index Of First Lines (Original Language)
• Index Of First Lines (English)
• Index Of Authors And Titles