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Nocturnos De La Ventana
Nocturnos De La Ventana
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Alta va la luna.
Bajo corre el viento.
(Mis largas miradas,
exploran el cielo.)
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Ode to Walt Whitman
Ode to Walt Whitman
By the East River and the Bronx
boys were singing, exposing their waists
with the wheel, with oil, leather, and the hammer. <…
Muerte De Antoñito El Camborio
Muerte De Antoñito El Camborio
Voces de muerte sonaron
cerca del Guadalquivir.
Voces antiguas que cercan
voz de clavel varonil.
Las Seis Cuerdas
Las Seis Cuerdas
La guitarra,
hace llorar a los sueños.
El sollozo de las almas
perdidas,
se escapa por su boca
re…
Gacela of Unforseen Love
Gacela of Unforseen Love
No one understood the perfume
of the dark magnolia of your womb.
Nobody knew that you tormented
a hummingbird of…
Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías
Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías
1. Cogida and death
At five in the afternoon.
It was exactly five in the afternoon.
A boy brought the w…
Ditty of First Desire
Ditty of First Desire
In the green morning
I wanted to be a heart.
A heart.
And in the ripe evening
I wanted to b…
Gacela of the Dark Death
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 chi…
City That Does Not Sleep
City That Does Not Sleep
In the sky there is nobody asleep. Nobody, nobody.
Nobody is asleep.
The creatures of the moon sniff and prowl about the…
Debussy [with English translation]
Debussy [with English translation]
Mi sombra va silenciosa
por el agua de la acecia.
Por mi sombra están las ranas
privad…
Balada Amarilla IV
Balada Amarilla IV
Sobre el cielo
de las margaritas ando.
Yo imagino esta tarde
que soy santo.
Me pusieron la lun…
Before the Dawn
Before the Dawn
But like love
the archers
are blind
Upon the green night,
the piercing saetas
leave traces of war…
Adam
Adam
A tree of blood soaks the morning
where the newborn woman groans.
Her voice leaves glass in the wound
and on the panes, a di…
Adivinanza De La Guitarra
Adivinanza De La Guitarra
En la redonda
encrucijada,
seis doncellas
bailan.
Tres de carne
y tres de plata.
Los su…
Women Before A Shop
Women Before A Shop
The gew-gaws of false amber and false turquoise attract them.
'Like to like nature': these agglutinous yellows!
Villanelle: The Psychological Hour
Villanelle: The Psychological Hour
I had over prepared the event,
that much was ominous.
With middle-ageing care
I had laid out just the …
To Whistler, American
To Whistler, American
On the loan exhibit of his paintings at the Tate Gallery.
You also, our first great,
Had tried all ways;
Translations And Adaptations From Heine
Translations And Adaptations From Heine
FROM ‘DIE HEIMKEHR'
I
Is your hate, then, of such measure?
Do you, truly, so dete…
These Fought in Any Case
These Fought in Any Case
These fought in any case,
and some believing
pro domo, in any case .....
Died some, pro patria, …
To Dives
To Dives
Who am I to condemn you, O Dives,
I who am as much embittered
With poverty
As you are with useless riches ?
The Tree
The Tree
I stood still and was a tree amid the wood,
Knowing the truth of things unseen before;
Of Daphne and the laurel bow
And that god…
The Three Poets
The Three Poets
Candidia has taken a new lover
And three poets are gone into mourning.
The first has written a long elegy to 'Chloris',
T…
The Study In Aesthetics
The Study In Aesthetics
The very small children in patched clothing,
Being smitten with an unusual wisdom,
Stopped in their play as she passed th…
The Tea Shop
The Tea Shop
The girl in the tea shop
Is not so beautiful as she was,
The August has worn against her.
She does not get up the stairs so …