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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Casida de la mano imposible
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Yo no quiero más que una mano,
una mano herida, si es posible.
Yo no quiero más que una mano,
aunque pase mil noches sin lecho.

Sería un pálido lirio de cal,
sería una paloma amarrada a mi corazón,
sería el guardían que en la noche de mi tránsito
prohibiera en absoluto la entrada a la luna.

Yo no quiero más que esa mano
para los diarios aceites y la sábana blanca de mi agonía
Yo no quiero más que esa mano
para tener un ala de mi muerte.

Lo demás todo pasa.
Rubor sin nombre ya, astro perpetuo.
Lo demás es lo otro; viento triste,
mientras las hojas huyen en bandadas. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Casida de la mano imposible", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Casidas, no. 6, first published 1936 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 112

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