In The Garden Of The Petenera

In the garden’s night,
six Gypsy girls,
dressed in white,
are dancing.

In the garden’s night,
crowned
with paper roses
and bishop’s weed.

In the garden’s night,
their mother-of-pearl teeth
wore the charred
shadow.

In the garden’s night,
their shadows lengthen
and reach up to the sky
with a purplish color.

translated by Carlos Bauer