Day: October 27, 2019

Federico Garcia Lorca – Serenata (Homage to Lope de Vega)

Robert McGinnis, On the run, 1967 By the river banks  the night is wetting itself  and on Lolita’s breasts  the branches die of love. The branches die of love. The naked night sings  over the March bridgeheads. Lolita washes her body  with brine and tuberoses. The branches die of love. The night of aniseed and …

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Federico Garcia Lorca – Prigioniera / The prisoner

Julius von Klever, Little red riding hood, 1908 Through the indecisive  branches  went a girl  who was life. Through the indecisive  branches. She reflected daylight,  with a tiny mirror,  which was the splendour,  of her unclouded forehead. Through the indecisive  branches. In the dark of night,  lost, she wandered,  weeping the dew,  of this imprisoned …

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Federico Garcia Lorca – Sogno / Dream

George de Forest Brush, The Indian and the lily, 1887 My heart rests, by the cold fountain. (Fill it with threads,  spider of silence.) The fountain-water sang it the song. (Fill it with threads,  spider of silence.) My heart, waking, sang its desires. (Spider of nothingness,  spin your mystery.) The fountain-water listened sombrely. (Spider of …

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