Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Salvador Novo: The Marginal Towards The Centre
Love is to sense that timid silence
near you, without your knowledge
Love is to remember your voice
as you bid good-bye
Love is to feel the warmth
of your greeting on my cheek
Love is to hide you so that we
are alone for games and stories
Love is to perceive in your absence
the perfume of your being in my breath
Love is to contemplate the star as you
diminish into the darkness
Salvador Novo (1904-1974) was one of the most complex and contradictory characters in the hispanic world of letters during the early part of the twentieth centruy. He wrote admirable prose and was an excellent cook, or so it is said. In an age of un-repentant machismo, he agressively assumed his homosexuality and valiantly fought for a space that recognised and respected difference as well as the right to differ.
Cheers in anticipation of St. Valentine's day!
—Hari Nair
near you, without your knowledge
Love is to remember your voice
as you bid good-bye
Love is to feel the warmth
of your greeting on my cheek
Love is to hide you so that we
are alone for games and stories
Love is to perceive in your absence
the perfume of your being in my breath
Love is to contemplate the star as you
diminish into the darkness
Salvador Novo (1904-1974) was one of the most complex and contradictory characters in the hispanic world of letters during the early part of the twentieth centruy. He wrote admirable prose and was an excellent cook, or so it is said. In an age of un-repentant machismo, he agressively assumed his homosexuality and valiantly fought for a space that recognised and respected difference as well as the right to differ.
Cheers in anticipation of St. Valentine's day!
—Hari Nair
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