Peter Reading, Inflacionário

Tradução de Hugo Pinto Santos

Noutros tempos
cobrar-te-iam
um óbolo para atravessar.

Tantos os passageiros
Que as autoridades
Tiveram de arranjar mais barcos.

Hoje pagarás
1200 euros, 1000 libras, 1377 dólares, 130380
ienes
para alcançar a margem
do lucro.

Peter Reading, Vendange Tardive, Bloodaxe Books, 2010

Inflationary

In the old days
you would have been charged
one obolos to cross.

There became so many passengers
That the authorities
Had to lay on more ferries.

Today it will cost you
1,200 euros, £1,000, 1,377 US bucks, 130.380
yen
to achieve the further bank.