Memento vivere

Recuerda, muerte, que has de renacer

cubrir tus huesos y orificios

de carne rosada y refulgente,

vestir tu desnudez de traje blanco

y colorear tus labios desvaídos.

Recuerda que tus pies tan descarnados

han de venir a ser dos maravillas

y tus brazos, apenas dos escobas,

ser un amor de rosas y claveles.

Recuerda, muerte, que has perdido.

La durmiente, aun dormida y ovillada,

te ha postrado en el suelo para siempre.

Remember, death, that you must be reborn

cover your bones and holes

of pink, glistening flesh,

dress your nakedness in a white suit

and color your faded lips.

Remember that your feet so skinny

must become two wonders

and your arms, just two brooms,

be a love of roses and carnations.

Remember, death, you have lost.

The sleeping woman, still asleep and curled up,

has put you down forever.

Adrien Broom