Sonnet

I know that my profile will be serene
in the north of an unreflecting sky.
Mercury of vigil, chaste mirror
to break the pulse of my style.

For if ivy and the cool of linen
are the norm of the body I leave behind,
my profile in the sand will be the old
unblushing silence of a crocodile.

And though my tongue of frozen doves
will never taste of flame,
only of empty broom,

I'll be a free sign of oppressed norms
on the neck of the stiff branch
and in an ache of dahlias without end.

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Largo espectro de plata conmovida
el viento de la noche suspirando,
abrià³ con mano gris mi vieja herida
y se alejà³: yo estaba deseando.

Llaga de amor que me darà¡ la vida
perpetua sangre y pura luz brotando.
Grieta en que Filomela enmudecida
tendrà¡ bosque, dolor y nido blando.

¡Ay qué dulce rumor en mi cabeza!
Me tenderé junto a la flor sencilla
donde flota sin alma tu belleza.

Y el agua errante se pondrà¡ amarilla,
mientras corre mi sangre en la maleza
mojada y olorosa de la orilla.

Federico Garca-a Lorca The copyright of the poems published here are belong to their poets. Internetpoem.com is a non-profit poetry portal. All information in here has been published only for educational and informational purposes.