Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Los olivos / The Olive Trees


Olivares, Dios os dé
los eneros
de aguaceros,
los agostos de agua al pie,
los vientos primaverales,
vuestras flores racimadas;
y las lluvias otoñales
vuestras olivas moradas.

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Olive groves, God gives
Januaries of heavy showers,
wetness in Augusts to the root,
the spring winds,
your clustered flowers;
and autumnal rains
your purpled olives.

- Antonio Machado, 
                my translation




1 comment:

  1. Wish you would bring the glass book home to sit on your lovely glass table.

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