My Body Effervesces, Anna Swir

My Body Effervesces By Anna Swir (1909 - 1984) English version by Czeslaw Milosz and Leonard Nathan I am born for the second time. I am light as the eyelash of the wind. I froth, I am froth. I walk dancing, if I wish, I will soar. The condensed lightness of my body condenses most forcibly in the lightness of my foot and its five toes. The foot skims the earth which gives way like compressed air. An elastic duo of the earth and of the foot. A dance of liberation. I am born for the second time, happiness of the world came to me again. My body effervesces, I think with my body which effervesces. If I wish, I will soar.