Federico Garca-a Lorca Silence Poems
- 1. Piccolo Valzer Viennese
A Vienna ci sono dieci ragazze,
una spalla dove piange la morte
e un bosco di colombe disseccate.
C'e' un frammento del mattino
... - 2. Little Viennese Waltz
In Vienna there are ten little girls,
a shoulder for death to cry on,
and a forest of dried pigeons.
There is a fragment of tomorrow
... - 3. Lament For Ignacio Sà¡nchez Mejàas
1. Cogida and death
At five in the afternoon.
It was exactly five in the afternoon.
... - 4. 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.
... - 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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