Useless Translations

Friendship, unaltered
by time or distance,
impervious to fickle
whims or fates,
but always an affection full
of the most loving care,
as pure as a child's,
as vast as the big blue sky.

                             José Zorrilla.
                             (Own translation)

Within your body, what I love is the sex. Within your sex, what I love is the mouth. Within your mouth, what I love is the tongue. Within your tongue, what I love is the word.

                                                                                     Julio Cortázar
                                                                                     (Own translation)

Corrigenda

I must confess
- I swear it is true -

I did really
lofe you

Yes, this way,
with an 'f',
because it was
a mistake.

                Rodolfo Quintero-Noruega (attributed)
                (Own translation)