Federico Garca-a Lorca Water Poems
- 1. Gacela Of The Dark Death
I want to sleep the dream of the apples,
to withdraw from the tumult of cemetries.
I want to sleep the dream of that child
who wanted to cut his heart on the high seas.
... - 2. Ode To Salvador Dali
A rose in the high garden you desire.
A wheel in the pure syntax of steel.
The mountain stripped bare of Impressionist fog,
The grays watching over the last balustrades.
... - 3. Serenata
The night soaks itself
along the shore of the river
and in Lolita's breasts
the branches die of love.
... - 4. Gacela Of The Dead Child
Each afternoon in Granada,
each afternoon, a child dies.
Each afternoon the water sits down
and chats with its companions.
... - 5. The Guitar-la Guitarra
The weeping of the guitar
begins.
The goblets of dawn
are smashed.
... - 6. Debussy [with English Translation]
Mi sombra va silenciosa
por el agua de la acecia.
Por mi sombra están las ranas
... - 7. The Gypsy And The Wind
Playing her parchment moon
Precosia comes
along a watery path of laurels and crystal lights.
The starless silence, fleeing
... - 8. The Little Mute Boy
The litle boy was looking for his voice.
(The King of the crickets had it.)
In a drop of water
the little boy was looking for his voice.
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