Monday, August 11, 2025

Flat leaf - Hosta 'El Niño' others Hosta 'Paul's Glory' 11 August 2025

 

Otoño – Mario Benedetti

 

Aprovechemos el otoño

 

Let’s take advantage of Fall

 

antes de que el invierno nos escombre

 

before  Winter clears us away

 

entremos a codazos en la franja del sol

 

let’s elbow ourselves into that  fringe of  the sun

 

y admiremos a los pájaros que emigran.

 

and we admire the birds that emmigrate

 

 

ahora que calienta el corazón

 

now that it warms the heart

 

aunque sea de a ratos y de a poco

 

even if only for moments  and little by little

 

pensemos y sintamos todavía

 

let’s think and feel still

 

con el viejo cariño que nos queda.

 

with that old affection

 

 

 

aprovechemos el otoño

 

let’s take advantage of the Fall

 

antes de que el futuro se congele

 

 let’s take advantage before future freezes

y no haya sitio para la belleza

 

and there will not be any room for beauty

 

porque el futuro se nos vuelve escarcha.

 

because the futury will turn us into frost

My translation

 Today with few roses to scan I looked at my hostas. Some still look pristine others are showing an awareness of the coming Fall. I think my scans show beauty. Not only trees with their falling leaves usher in Fall.