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Agua, ¿dónde vas? Riyendo voy por el río a las orillas del mar. Mar, ¿adónde vas? Río arriba voy buscando fuente para descansar. Chopo, y tú, ¿qué harás? No quiero decirte nada. Yo... ¡temblar! ¿Qué deseo, qué no deseo, por el río y por [la]1 mar? (Cuatro pájaros sin rumbo en el alto chopo están.)
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Federico García Lorca, Poet in Spain, New York: Alfred A. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2017, page 32.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-05
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Water, where do you go? I go down the river laughing to the shores of the sea. Sea, where do you go? I go up the river seeking a spring to rest in. And you, poplar, what will you do? I don't want to tell you anything. I... tremble! What do I want, what don't I want, on the river and on the sea? (Four aimless birds are in the tall poplar.)
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"Agua ¿Donde Vas?" = "Water, Where Do You Go?"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-15
Line count: 13
Word count: 72
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