{"id":36245,"date":"2025-02-21T09:45:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T07:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/?p=36245"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:05:42","slug":"irma-pineda-two-poems-in-spanish-zapotec-and-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/irma-pineda-two-poems-in-spanish-zapotec-and-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Irma Pineda: Two Poems in Spanish, Zapotec and English"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><em>In the Belly of Night and Other Poems <\/em>draws from Irma Pineda\u2019s early poetry collections. Written in Isthmus Zapotec, then translated into Spanish and English, these poems evoke tragedy and celebrate the ways in which the human is built from dream, tradition, and nature. Pineda poetry shows us how translation serves as a means of cultural preservation and political resistance to the forces that seek to criminalize languages or dangerously render them extinct.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34290\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-1024x55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-1024x55.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-600x32.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-300x16.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-768x41.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h4>Irma Pineda<\/h4>\n<div>Translated by Wendy Call<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ose-vimeo ose-uid-8eda8502eb370e73d595e14dad772b33 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Wendy Call on Translating Mexican Zapotec Poet Irma Pineda\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1058169551?dnt=0&amp;app_id=122963&title=0&color=00ADEF&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0&loop=0&autopause=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36273\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36273\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-Belly-fo-the-Night-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-Belly-fo-the-Night-cover.jpg 500w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-Belly-fo-the-Night-cover-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In the Belly of the Night<\/em> is available from <a href=\"https:\/\/bluecactuspress.com\/product\/in-the-belly-of-the-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Cactus Press<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">It Happens Sometimes<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 200px;\"><em>\u201cSir <\/em><em>Oak:<br \/>\n<\/em><em>With what earth can I feed <\/em><em>your roots?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 For<\/em> <em>Rigoberto<\/em> <em>\u00c1vila<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">It sometimes happens,<br \/>\nthat you fall in love with trees,<br \/>\nfor the shade they create,<br \/>\nthe strength of their branches<br \/>\nor the sweetness of their fruits.<br \/>\nIt also happens, sometimes,<br \/>\nthat the tree you love<br \/>\nturns into a man,<br \/>\nand you love his ideas,<br \/>\nhis lips,<br \/>\nhis heart,<br \/>\nhis arms<br \/>\nor his sex<br \/>\n(because trees have sex).<br \/>\nAnd later, it sometimes happens,<br \/>\nthat the tree you love<br \/>\nis close enough to astonish,<br \/>\nfrighten.<br \/>\nCeasing to be a tree<br \/>\nand appearing as a sun<br \/>\nthat dazzles your besotted eyes.<br \/>\nAnd then it happens, sometimes,<br \/>\nthat you don\u2019t know<br \/>\nwhether to close your eyes and hide,<br \/>\nor regard the sun-man-tree<br \/>\nuntil going blind.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34290\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-1024x55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-1024x55.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-600x32.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-300x16.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-768x41.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Sucede a veces<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 200px;\"><em>\u201cSe\u00f1or<\/em> <em>Roble:<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u00bfCon<\/em> <em>qu\u00e9<\/em> <em>tierra<\/em> <em>puedo<\/em> <em>alimentar <\/em><em>sus ra\u00edces?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A<\/em> <em>Rigoberto<\/em> <em>\u00c1vila<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Sucede a veces,<br \/>\nque uno se enamora de los \u00e1rboles,<br \/>\npor la sombra que producen,<br \/>\nla fuerza de sus ramas<br \/>\no la dulzura de sus frutos.<br \/>\nSucede tambi\u00e9n, a veces,<br \/>\nque el \u00e1rbol que uno ama<br \/>\nse convierte en hombre,<br \/>\ny uno ama<br \/>\nsus ideas,<br \/>\nsus labios,<br \/>\nsu coraz\u00f3n,<br \/>\nsus brazos<br \/>\no el sexo<br \/>\n(porque los \u00e1rboles tienen sexo).<br \/>\nY sucede despu\u00e9s, a veces,<br \/>\nque el \u00e1rbol que uno ama<br \/>\nest\u00e1 tan cerca que asombra,<br \/>\nasusta.<br \/>\nDeja de ser un \u00e1rbol<br \/>\ny parece un sol<br \/>\nque deslumbra los ojos enamorados.<br \/>\nY sucede entonces, a veces,<br \/>\nque uno no sabe<br \/>\nsi cerrar los ojos y esconderse,<br \/>\no contemplar al \u00e1rbol-hombre-sol<br \/>\nhasta quedarse ciego.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34290\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-1024x55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-1024x55.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-600x32.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-300x16.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-768x41.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Nuu dxi rizaaca<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 200px;\"><em><br \/>\n\u201cYaga<\/em><em> Ro\u2019:<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u00bfXhi yu guyaanani\u00e1\u2019 xc\u00fa lu\u2019?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A<\/em> <em>Rigoberto<\/em> <em>\u00c1vila<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Nuu dxi rizaaca<br \/>\nranaxhii tobi ca yaga ca:<br \/>\nband\u00e1\u2019 ni rudiicani,<br \/>\nstipa n\u00e1\u2019 cani<br \/>\ndxi\u00f1a xcuananaxhicani.<br \/>\nNuu dxi laca rizaaca,<br \/>\nyaga ni nadxii tobi<br \/>\nr\u00e1cani ti nguiiu<br \/>\nne tobi ranaxhii xquendabiaanibe,<br \/>\nguidiruaabe,<br \/>\nladxido\u2019be,<br \/>\nn\u00e1be<br \/>\nxqui\u00e9be<br \/>\n(ti ca yaga ca n\u00e1paca\u2019 xqui\u00e9ca\u2019).<br \/>\nNe ridi\u2019di dxi, rizaaca,<br \/>\nyaga ni nadxii tobi<br \/>\nsuhuaa dunabepe gaxha,<br \/>\nruchibi.<br \/>\nZuuyu ma cadi yaga laa<br \/>\nne ma rulu\u00ed\u2019 ti gubidxa,<br \/>\nruzaani lu ni ranaxhii.<br \/>\nNe zac\u00e1 rizaaca,<br \/>\ntobi ma qui ganna<br \/>\npa gutaagul\u00fa ne igaachi\u2019<br \/>\npa gu\u2019yadxisi Yaga-Nguiiu-Gubidxa ca\u2019<br \/>\nde ra guiniti biaani\u2019 lu.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34290\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-1024x55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-1024x55.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-600x32.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-300x16.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer-768x41.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/white-spacer.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">The Wall<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">A wall seeps stories,<br \/>\nmotionless, she contemplates<br \/>\nthe slow passage of days.<br \/>\nTime is ungenerous,<br \/>\nbranding her skin and wounding her flesh.<br \/>\nThe wall remains,<br \/>\ncovered in colors, picture frames, books,<br \/>\nthe plants cheer her,<br \/>\nbut she won\u2019t ever be the same.<br \/>\nShe holds within<br \/>\nthe echo of muffled cries<br \/>\nand overflowing laughter,<br \/>\nthe moaning of lovers,<br \/>\nand the beating of their hearts.<br \/>\nThere are stories never forgotten,<br \/>\nstories that time cannot carry away,<br \/>\nthey are written on the wall,<br \/>\nin her heart. It\u2019s useless to paint,<br \/>\na thousand colors won\u2019t erase memory.<br \/>\nShe knows this well:<br \/>\nit\u2019s not that pain subsides with time,<br \/>\nit\u2019s that one learns to live with pain.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">La pared<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Una pared escurre historias,<br \/>\ncontempla fija, inm\u00f3vil,<br \/>\nel paso lento de los d\u00edas.<br \/>\nEl tiempo no es generoso,<br \/>\nmarca en la piel y lastima sus entra\u00f1as.<br \/>\nLa pared permanece,<br \/>\nreviste de colores, cuadros, libros,<br \/>\nlas plantas la alegran,<br \/>\npero ya no puede ser la misma.<br \/>\nVa guardando<br \/>\nel eco de llantos contenidos<br \/>\ny risas que desbordan,<br \/>\nel gemir de los amantes,<br \/>\ny el latido de sus corazones.<br \/>\nHay historias que no se olvidan,<br \/>\nhistorias que el tiempo no puede llevarse,<br \/>\nest\u00e1n escritas en la pared,<br \/>\nen su coraz\u00f3n. Es in\u00fatil pintar,<br \/>\nmil colores no borran su memoria.<br \/>\nElla bien lo sabe:<br \/>\nno es que con el tiempo duela menos,<br \/>\nes que uno se acostumbra a vivir con el dolor.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Cue\u2019 Yoo<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Lu ti cue\u2019 yoo nanda diidxa\u2019,<br \/>\nti cue\u2019 yoo qui riniibi, ruyadxisi<br \/>\nzidi\u2019di dxi.<br \/>\nCadi nacha\u2019hui di iza ridi\u2019di,<br \/>\nrunin\u00e1 ladi ne ndaani\u2019 cue\u2019 yoo.<br \/>\nLaa suhuaa dxi si,<br \/>\nridiee ladi, r\u00e1cu gui\u2019chi\u2019 ne lari guie\u2019,<br \/>\nyagahuiini\u2019 rusi\u00e9che laa,<br \/>\nn\u00e9cati, ma cadi ngu\u00e9casi laa.<br \/>\nCusig\u00e1pa<br \/>\nguenda ruuna\u2019 bicuezadxi tuuxa,<br \/>\nguenda ruxidxi bireeyaande,<br \/>\nxtidxi ca ni ranaxhii<br \/>\nne saa ladxid\u00f3\u2019ca\u2019.<br \/>\nNuu ni rizaaca qui riaanda\u2019,<br \/>\nnuu diidxa\u2019 qui rin\u00e9 di dxi laa,<br \/>\nc\u00e1ni cue\u2019 yoo,<br \/>\nLadxid\u00f3\u2019be. Gasti\u2019 naca gutieu\u2019 lu,<br \/>\nnitiicasi gutieu\u2019 qui suxi\u00e1 xquenda redasil\u00fa be.<br \/>\nNannadxiichibe ni:<br \/>\nca iza ca qui rusiandaca\u2019 guendanan\u00e1<br \/>\nxh\u00edsi binni riaa guibanin\u00e9 laa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irma Pineda&#8217;s poems evoke tragedy and celebrate the ways in which the human is built from dream, tradition, and 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