A Draft of Shadows and Other Poems

This book is a bilingual collection of Paz's poems. Throughout this book the poet's abiding concern for language as a living force is revealed.

Editor's note

1

(2)

from LADERA ESTE (``EAST SLOPE'')

El otro/The other

2

(1)

Efectos del bautismo/The effects of baptism

2

(2)

Golden Lotuses (3)/Golden lotuses (3)

4

(1)

Madrugada al raso/Daybreak

4

(2)

Himachal Pradesh (1)/Himachal Pradesh (1)

6

(2)

La exclamacion/Exclamation

8

(1)

Projimo lejano/Distant neighbor

8

(2)

Escritura/Writing

10

(1)

Concorde/Concord

10

(2)

Soltura/Release

12

(1)

Concierto en el jardin/Concert in the garden

12

(2)

Sunyata/Sunyata

14

(2)

Un anochecer/Nightfall

16

(2)

En los jardines de los Lodi/In the Lodi gardens

18

(1)

Madrigal/Madrigal

18

(2)

La llave de agua/The key of water

20

(2)

Eje/Axis

22

(2)

Con los ojos cerrados/With eyes closed

24

(2)

Domingo en la isla de Elefanta/Sunday on the island of Elephanta

26

(4)

Cuento de dos jardines/A tale of two gardens

30

(16)

from VUELTA (``RETURN'')

El fuego de cada dia/The everyday fire

46

(2)

Por la calle de Galeana/Along Galeana Street

48

(2)

La arboleda/The grove

50

(4)

Paisaje inmemorial/Immemorial landscape

54

(4)

Vuelta/Return

58

(10)

Piel/sonido del mundo/``The skin of the world, the sound of the world''

68

(4)

A la mitad de esta frase.../In the middle of this phrase

72

(8)

Piedra blanca y negra/Black and white stone

80

(2)

Objetos y aparicones/Objects & apparitions

82

(4)

Trowbridge Street/Trowbridge Street

86

(6)

Petrificada petrificante/The petrifying petrified

92

(10)

Nocturno de San Ildefonso/San Ildefonso nocturne

102

(54)

NEW AND UNCOLLECTED POEMS

Homenaje a Claudio Ptolomeo/Homage to Claudius Ptolemy

156

(1)

Estrellas y grillo/Stars and cricket

156

(2)

Primero de enero/January First

158

(2)

En defensa de Pirron/In defense of Pyrrho

160

(2)

La vista, el tacto/Sight, touch

162

(2)

Entre irse y quedarse/Between leaving and staying

164

(2)

Un despertar/Waking

166

(2)

Pequena variacion/Small variation

168

(2)

Viento, agua, piedra/Wind and water and stone

170

(2)

La llama, el habla/Flame, speech

172

(2)

Ejercicio preparatorio/Preparatory exercise

174

(6)

Epitafio sobre ninguna piedra/Epitaph for no stone

180

(2)

Este lado/This side

182

(2)

Notes

184

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A Draft of Shadows and Other Poems

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