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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Gacela del amor imprevisto
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Nadie comprendía el perfume 
de la oscura magnolia de tu vientre. 
Nadie sabía que martirizabas 
un colibrí de amor entre los dientes. 

Mil caballitos persas se dormían 
en la plaza con luna de tu frente, 
mientras que yo enlazaba cuatro noches 
tu cintura, enemiga de la nieve. 

Entre yeso y jazmines, tu mirada 
era un pálido ramo de simientes. 
Yo busqué, para darte, por mi pecho 
las letras de marfil que dicen siempre, 

siempre, siempre: jardín de mi agonía, 
tu cuerpo fugitivo para siempre, 
la sangre de tus venas en mi boca, 
tu boca ya sin luz para mi muerte.

Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Gacela del amor imprevisto", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Gacelas, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 100

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