Two Poems by Luis Muñoz

Translated by Garth Greenwell and Idra Novey

El Amor

Es que pudiera darse sin asomo ninguno ni preparaciones.

Solo rumbo, horizonte tamaño a partir del corte exacto de la ventana.

Love

Maybe it happens without any hint or preparation.

Just a heading, a horizon the size at first of the precise cut of the window.

Las Cuestiones Temporales en el Aire

Nos encontramos con el grafiti plata en un portón del parque: “¿Podemos cambiar?”

A la primera respuesta, “no sé”, en un casillero, han añadido otra en rojo cera rápida, que sobresale del contiguo: “Sí-No-Sí”.

The Moment’s Questions in the Air

We stumble upon the silver graffiti on a gatehouse in the park: “Can we change?”

In an answer box to the first response, “IDK,” somebody’s added another in quick red crayon that spills over, into the box beside: “Yes-No-Yes.”

Idra Novey is the author, most recently, of Soon and Wholly, a book of poems, and the novel Take What You Need.

Garth Greenwell is the author, most recently, of Small Rain.