Friday, December 30, 2011

Literary Creation

In the Literary Creation Workshop of my High School, we write different kinds of stories and poems in Spanish. We read them to other members and then we discuss about it and each one, giving a personal feedback highlighting our likes and dislikes, and whether or not we understand the idea.

I certainly prefer to write short stories. Below I include one of my shortest but favorite stories. I included the original one and my translation for it. I certainly like the Spanish original version.



Seda y Cena

Luego de dejar pasar a dos palomillas y hasta una suculenta mosca, nuestra protagonista decidió emprender su labor. Al son de agilidad y destreza, se alejó de su piedra preferida y subió al lomo del Sr. Encino. Empeñó un cuidado especial al escudriñar las ramas, aquí y allá, hasta encontrar un balcón hacia la luna; esa noche sí que lo lograría, lo podía sentir.

Estudió las ramas, hizo su geometría y ya después enhebró su aguja. Empezó entonces el concierto: seda volando, un diseño áureo y una arácnida en plena odisea. Pronto quedó terminado, su teselado pegajoso, su trampa invisible. Esperando ansiosa a cenar, se mimetizó en la corteza del Sr. Encino. Pasaron los minutos, y el primer inocente cayó. Era una luciérnaga.

Regodeándose se acercó a disfrutar su triunfo. Delicadeza habitual, colmillos afilados, ponzoña goteando; el hambre de un mes y la luna llena, la velada perfecta.


ENGLISH

Silk & Dinner

After two moths and even a tasty fly passed, our protagonist decided to undertake its labor. To the sound of agility and dexterity, she left her favorite stone and went over the back of Mr. Oak. Pawning a special care, she searched in the branches, here and there, for a balcony facing the moon. That night she would make it … she had an intuition.

She studied the branches, made her geometry and threaded her needle. Then the concert began: flying silk, an aureus design and a spider in full odyssey. Soon it was completed; her sticky tessellations, her invisible trap. Waiting anxiously for dinner, she mimicked in the cortex of Mr. Oak. Minutes passed, and the first innocent fell into. It was a firefly.

Basking she came to enjoy her triumph. Usual delicacy, sharp fangs, dripping poison … the hunger of a month and a full moon: the perfect dinner.

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