El médico, poco antes de su última recaída, le confirmó sus sospechas de una muerte irremediable y temprana. Es ahí cuando tomó la decisión. Dejó una nota muy sencilla: Me arrojo al mar....................The doctor, shortly before his last relapse, confirmed his suspicions of an irremediable and early death. That is when he made his decision. He left a very simple note: I throw myself into the sea.
Martes, 25 de octubre de 1938
Alfonsina se fue al mar y se arrojó desde el Club Argentino de Mujeres.
El sábado despachó una carta en el buzón. Contenía su poema ,»Voy a dormir», el último que escribió y que se publicó al día siguiente en el diario La Nación.
Alfonsina went to the sea and threw herself from the Argentine Women’s Club.
On Saturday she posted a letter in the letterbox. It contained her poem, «Voy a dormir», the last poem she wrote and which was published the next day in the newspaper La Nación.
Voy a dormir
Alfonsina Storni
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I am Going to Sleep
Teeth of flowers, hairnet of dew,
hands of herbs, you, perfect wet nurse,
prepare the earthly sheets for me
and the down quilt of weeded moss.
I am going to sleep, my nurse, put me to bed.
Set a lamp at my headboard;
a constellation; whatever you like;
all are good: lower it a bit.
Leave me alone: you hear the buds breaking through.
A celestial foot rocks you from above
and a bird traces a pattern for you
so you’ll forget . . . Thank you. Oh, one request:
if he telephones again
tell him not to keep trying for I have left . .
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