by Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (1881 - 1958)
Translation © by Joelle Wallach

Por doquiera que mi alma
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG
     Por doquiera que mi alma
navega, o anda, o vuela, todo, todo
es suyo. ¡Qué tranquila
en todes partes, siempre;
ahora en la proa alta
que abre en dos platas el azul profundo,
bajando al fondo o ascendiendo al cielo!

     ¡Oh, qué serena el alma
cuando se ha apoderado,
como una reina solitaria y pura,
de su imperio infinito!

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  • ENG English (Joelle Wallach) , "Wherever my soul sails", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 60

Wherever my soul sails
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español) 
Wherever my soul sails
or walks or flies, everything, everything
belongs to it! How completely
tranquil, simply;
Now in the tall bow
which unlocks the deep blueness of the silver,
I descend to the bottom and ascend to the sky.

Oh how serene the soul is
when it commands
like a queen, solitary and pure
in its infinite imperiousness!

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 59