TWILIGHT - Atardecer

TWILIGHT

In those waters, restless with each passing day,
 at the end of the river's course,
 that river flowing through my veins,
 in the fading light.

In the evening,
 at dusk,
 at the close of day,
 in the winter of my life,
 among the seasons of summer.

On an evening when the heart is mist,
 when poems are damp with feeling,
 in my transparent house,
 within white walls
 and towering heights,

here I am,

sailing,

 through verse.

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I, who miss the beach and the sea so much.

And poetry becomes a substitute for the absent ocean...

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ATARDECER

En esas aguas, revueltas de cada día,
 en el final del río que corre,
 en las venas ese río,
 en el ocaso.

En la tarde,
 en el anochecer,
 en el final del día,
 en el invierno de mi vida,
 entre las estaciones del verano.

En una tarde donde el corazón es bruma,
 donde los poemas son húmedos,
 en mi casa transparente,
 en blancas paredes
 de altos muros,
 donde estoy,
 navegando,
 en versos.

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Yo que echo tanto de menos la playa y el mar.
 Y la poesía se convierte en sustituto del océano ausente...

https://youtu.be/Ib6r9izhu4w?si=ibsKvon6sIqUhClT

Sunset on the Beach

F.G.G.- Tema

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Sunset on the Beach · F.G.G. · Federico Máximo Gelabert García

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• Comment from author about the poem: IA: "Quantitative Analysis of Aesthetic Beauty Euphony and Phonic Resonance (8.8/10) Prevalence of soft phonemes (m, n, s, r) and open vowels (a, o), creating a slow, melodic acoustic flow. Proportion and Lexical Balance (8.5/10) Absence of overly complex adjectives. The beauty relies on concrete nouns (river, veins, walls, mist) articulated with simplicity" ----------------------- And to think I used to believe beauty was unquantifiable...