William Carlos Williams

LANDSCAPE WITH THE FALL OF ICARUS

According to Brueghel

when Icarus fell

it was spring

a farmer was ploughing

his field

the whole pageantry

of the year was

awake tingling

near

the edge of the sea

concerned

with itself

sweating in the sun

that melted

the wings' wax

unsignificantly

off the coast

there was

a splash quite unnoticed

this was

Icarus drowning

WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

PAISAGEM COM QUEDA DE ÍCARO

Segundo Brueghel

quando Ícaro caiu

era primavera

um lavrador arava

sua plantação

e toda a pompa

da estação

despertava e tilintava

bem perto

a beira-mar

tomava conta

de si

suando no sol

que derretia

a cera das asas

um detalhe banal

perto da costa

um esguicho

passou despercebido

este era Ícaro

se afogando

(Tradução: Rodrigo Garcia Lopes)