Moon Chant
A
gust of wind and rumors
Hue
harmonic perfumes,
Vetiver,
coriander, kahve and saffron,
Crumbling
the twilight dust.
Silence
singing words
Bursting
up
Depths
of the sky.
My
body invokes you
Under
the Ankara fresh rain,
Fertile
crescent
The
spell of my lips;
Liquid
light
Of
shooting stars.
Horizontal
waves
Moistens
my edges
In
the steppe plains
Of
your gardens.
Even
the moon is singing
Although
no one notices it!
Dressed
up in rainfalls
And
kissing roots,
Sound
waterfalls
Polishing
stones
Upon
your rivers’ wings.
Holding
hands,
Piercing
idyllic forests,
Dates
and prunes
Are
seeded wild,
Like
impregnated
Fire
water drops
On
the green breeze
Of
your gaze.
Undamaged
yearnings
Rummage
the
absence or presence
Of
your breath.
Fragrant
essence
Evokes
the moss dance
In
Turkish oak timbers.
Chimerical
magma
Rises
and falls,
The
ottoman honeysuckle
Of
your luminous pores
Opened
up
To
the furtive wrap
Of
my nights.
©Alicia Minjarez
Ramírez
Translated by:
Alaric Gutiérrez.
Baklava And Honey
Distant
contiguous strokes
Set
up the prayers of Anatolia.
Eclectic
fragrant spices
Clove,
sumac, vanilla and cinnamon
Overflowing
cornices.
Gold,
silver, apple tea,
Water
pipes, almonds and kapuz
Songs
of your lineage!
Indigo
horizons
Melt
the earth
Of
mud and jade
In
baklava and honey;
Musical
odors surround
Nocturnal
savannas
In
the edge of the days.
Bare
fingers
On
red-berried mistletoe and oaks
Require
the transcending kiss,
Reaching
the limits of touch
Bluish
declining
Of
our belongings.
As
affable Sultan
Dressed
up with Habiye silk.
Transcribe
my dreams
With
watercolors of straight lines
To
drown the sun within,
In
the bowl of my palms.
© Alicia Minjarez
Ramírez
Translated by:
Alaric Gutiérrez
MEXICO.
Pagan Prayer
(Prayer
to SIF Fertility Goddess)
Oh
Sif, Goddess of fecundity wife of Thor
Norse
God of thunder and war
I
praise your name in runes reflected.
I
offer you my prayers!
Goddess
of wheat, fecundation and family.
You
who symbolize the Serbal tree
And
your name means sacred marriage.
Bless
my whole body.
Wise
prophetess able to see
beyond
of the rest of the Asgard's Gods,
Listen
to my prayers!
Help
me to find inner peace
And
response in difficult times.
I
will cook a thousand loaves in your honor
Wheat,
almonds and oats will decorate my table;
Grapes,
honey, red wine, milk and dates,
Will
be the offerings to delight you.
Oh
Sif, my Nordic lady,
Goddess
of golden waterfalls in your hair,
Brighter
than sunlight in the sky,
Bless
my belly, to gets fruit and multiply
As
the stars in the universe
Venerate
your name.
I
implore you!
Sacred
lady of divine marriage
Wonderful
goddess of the earth
Descends
accompanied by your Lord's thunder
Bring
the scent of fresh rain, fertilize my forests
bless
the sap of my beloved
And
grant us a child.
© ALICIA MINJAREZ RAMIREZ
MEXICO.
Alicia Minjarez
Ramírez
Alicia Minjarez
Ramírez:
Poet, Translator, Singer, University
Professor, Broadcast locution Radio and
T.V. She was born in Tijuana, Mexico. She is an internationally renowned
poetess and author who has won numerous awards including the EASAL medal by the
European Academy of Sciences and Letters 2018 at Paris, France. Awarded
"Pride of the Globe" WNWU, Kazakhstan 2018. Honorable Mention in the
category: Foreign Poetry, of the International Prize Poseidonia Paestrum,
Edition XXIV, Italy 2018. Awarded "Universal Inspirational Poet",
Pentasi B. World, India 2017; Winner of a special mention and a medal in the
International Poetry Prize NOSSIDE Italy 2015, recognized by UNESCO. Awarded with the IWA BOGDANI Albania Award,
2016. Awarded with the Third Place in French Poetry in the International Poetry
Prize "Sous les traces de Léopold Sédar Senghor" at Milan, Italy,
2016 recognized by ONU and UNESCO.
Winner of a mention in the NOSSIDE Poetry Prize, Italy 2016. Awarded
"Universal Inspirational Poet" Pentasi B. World, Africa, Ghana 2016. She
was considered among the International Poets published in the XXI Century World Literature Book
released at New Delhi, India, 2016. Her
poems have been translated into: English, Albanian, French, Cameroonian,
Arabic, Azerbaijan, Turkish, Chinese, Taiwanese, Portuguese, Polish and Italian. And published in more than 150
International Anthologies, journals and magazines around the world.