by Josep Carner i Puigoriol (1884 - 1970)

El gessamí i la rosa
Language: Catalan (Català) 
Our translations:  ENG
Colliu la rosa de dia
i de nit el gessamí;
el gessamí en una tanca,
la rosa al mig del jardí.
Lleument, dolçament gronxada,
la rosa mor en un sí;
el gessamí, quan l’amada
s’ajeu, pàl.lida, a dormir,
el té viu, sense saber-ho,
dins el seu cabell diví.
La rosa fa enamorar-se
i el gessamí defallir.

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  • ENG English (Salvador Pila) , "The jasmine and the rose", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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