Federico García Lorca

The seawater ballad

(La balada del agua del mar )

 

Libro de Poemas (1921)

 

 

Spanish literature, poetry

full text, translation into English

 

 

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Federico García Lorca

The Seawater Ballad

(The seawater ballad)

 

Spanish literature, poetry

full text, translation into English

 

 

 

The sea

Smiles from far off

Teeth of foam

Lips of sky.

 

What are you selling,

muddy young woman?

With your breasts exposed?

 

Sir, I sell the water Of the seas.

What are you carrying,

dark youth Mixed with your blood?

 

Sir, I carry the water

Of the seas.

These saline tears,

Whence do they come, Mother?

 

Sir, I weap the water Of the seas.

Dear one; and this earnest

Bitterness – of what is it born?

Very bitter is the water Of the seas.

 

The sea

Smiles from far off

Teeth of foam

Lips of sky.

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Federico García Lorca – The Seawater Ballad

(La Balada del agua del mar ) Libro de Poemas (1921)

Spanish literature, poetry full english text.

 

 

 

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