EL TRIUNFO DE AQUILES
En la historia de Patroclo,
no sobrevive nadie, ni siquiera Aquiles,
que era casi un dios.
Patroclo se parecía a él; usaron
la misma armadura.
En estas amistades,
siempre hay uno que atiende al otro,
la jerarquía
se nota todo el tiempo, aunque no se pueda
confiar en las leyendas:
su fuente es el que sobrevive,
el abandonado.
¿Qué eran las naves griegas incendiadas
en comparación con esa pérdida?
En su carpa, Aquiles
lo lloró con todo su ser,
y los dioses vieron
que ya era un hombre muerto, víctima
de la parte que amaba,
de la parte mortal.
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| El triunfo de Aquiles de Franz Matsch |
The Triumph Of Achilles
In the story of Patroclus
no one survives, not even Achilles
who was nearly a god.
Patroclus resembled him; they wore
the same armor.
Always in these friendships
one serves the other, one is less than the other:
the hierarchy
is always apparant, though the legends
cannot be trusted--
their source is the survivor,
the one who has been abandoned.
What were the Greek ships on fire
compared to this loss?
In his tent, Achilles
grieved with his whole being
and the gods saw
he was a man already dead, a victim
of the part that loved,
the part that was mortal.
no one survives, not even Achilles
who was nearly a god.
Patroclus resembled him; they wore
the same armor.
Always in these friendships
one serves the other, one is less than the other:
the hierarchy
is always apparant, though the legends
cannot be trusted--
their source is the survivor,
the one who has been abandoned.
What were the Greek ships on fire
compared to this loss?
In his tent, Achilles
grieved with his whole being
and the gods saw
he was a man already dead, a victim
of the part that loved,
the part that was mortal.
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