by António Machado (1875 - 1939)
Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Sol de invierno
Language: Spanish (Español) 
     Es mediodía. Un parque.
Invierno. Blancas sendas;
simétricos montículos
y ramas esqueléticas.
    Bajo el invernadero,
naranjos en maceta,
y en su tonel, pintado
de verde, la palmera.
    Un viejecillo dice,
para su capa vieja:
«¡El sol, esta hermosura
de sol!...» Los niños juegan.
    El agua de la fuente
resbala, corre y sueña
lamiendo, casi muda,
la verdinosa piedra.

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  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Winter sun", written 2011, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Winter sun
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español) 
It is noon. A park.
Winter. White walkways;
symmetrical heaps
and barren branches.
In a greenhouse
potted orange trees,
and in its barrel, painted
green, the palm tree.
An old man says,
in an old man's voice:
"The sun, the beauty
Of the sun!" Children play.
The spring waters
burbling, running, dreaming,
lapping, nearly silent,
On the greenish stone.

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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 59