| A un Gato (original) | A un Gato (translation) |
|---|---|
| No son más silenciosos los espejos | Mirrors are not quieter |
| Ni más furtiva el alba aventurera; | Nor more furtive the adventurous dawn; |
| Eres, bajo la luna, esa pantera | You are, under the moon, that panther |
| Que nos es dado divisar de lejos | That it is given to us to see from afar |
| Por obra indescifrable de un decreto | By indecipherable work of a decree |
| Divino, te buscamos vanamente; | Divine, we seek you in vain; |
| Más remoto que el Ganges y el poniente | More remote than the Ganges and the west |
| Tuya es la soledad, tuyo el secreto | Yours is the loneliness, yours is the secret |
| Tu lomo condesciende a la morosa | Your back condescends to the defaulter |
| Caricia de mi mano. | Caress of my hand. |
| Has admitido | you have admitted |
| Desde esa eternidad que ya es olvido | From that eternity that is already forgotten |
| El amor de la mano recelosa | The love of the suspicious hand |
| En otro tiempo estás. | In another time you are. |
| Eres el dueño | You are the owner |
| De un ámbito cerrado como un sueño | Of a closed environment like a dream |
