ten years led to the destruction of Troy
three thousand six hundred fifty days
three thousand six hundred fifty nights
until the walled city
fell devoured by fire
and the houses and the temples and the gods
everything was desecrated
on that Aegean coast,
ten years and the proud state of princes Paris and Hector
not even the shadows of the dogs were left standing,
it is known that it was not the violence of the Achaeans but their cunning
the sword that pierced the Trojan heart,
in the same way I think that the human heart
is usually besieged
three thousand six hundred fifty days
three thousand six hundred fifty nights
or maybe hours
or maybe seconds
or maybe looks
until the venerable cunning of violent love naked
stone by stone, tower by tower
the proud wall of the human heart,
and there is no god or statue or temple or house left in it
don't burn
do not return the face already made then
of ash, of tenderness, of war.