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Calle desconocida Lyrics by Jorge Luis Borges

Fervor de Buenos Aires

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Penumbra de la paloma
llamaron los hebreos a la iniciación de la tarde
cuando la sombra no entorpece los pasos
y la venida de la noche se advierte
como una música esperada y antigua,
como un grato declive.
En esa hora en que la luz
tiene una figura de arena,
di con una calle ignorada,
abierta en noble anchura de terraza,
cuyas cornisas y paredes mostraban
colores blandos como el mismo cielo
que conmovía el fondo.
Todo —la medianía de las casas,
las modestas balustradas y llamadorеs,
tal vez una esperanza dе niña en los balconesentró
en mi vano corazón
con limpidez de lágrima.
Quizá esa hora de la tarde de plata
diera su ternura a la calle,
haciéndola tan real como un verso
olvidado y recuperado.
Sólo después reflexioné
que aquella calle de la tarde era ajena,
que toda casa es un candelabro
donde las vidas de los hombres arden
como velas aisladas,
que todo inmediato paso nuestro
camina sobre Gólgotas.
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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

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