Federico Garcia Lorca

Federico Garcia Lorca – Io ti davo baci / I kissed you

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes,Young Girls by the Seaside, 1879 Mindless, I kissed you,but didn’t say: “Oh, my cherry lips!”You were so romantic!You drank vinegar unbeknownst to your grandma.You became like ajasmine in spring.And I loved another.Such a pity! Don’t you see?Another who was writinga name on the sand. (Transl. by D. Foglia) E io ti …

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Federico Garcia Lorca – Lontanissimo / So afar

Thomas Ralph Spence, Sleeping Beauty, 1912 So  afar the heart wears passion. Everything has its punishment and nothing exists, nothing exists. (Transl. by Dina Foglia) Lontanissimo il cuore di passione si veste. Ogni cosa ha il suo castigo e nulla esiste, nulla esiste. This is a personal translation. Please contact me if you know another …

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Federico Garcia Lorca – Ci sono quattro cavalieri / There are four knights

Edward Burne-Jones, The Briar wood, c. 1890 There are four knights  with water swords  and dark is the night. The four swords   will strike your heart  and the roses’ world.  Don’t descend into the garden. (Transl. by D. Foglia) Ci sono quattro cavalieri  con spade d’acqua  e buia è la notte. Le quattro spade …

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