| NO SON TODO RUISEÑORES ... | NOT ALL SWEET NIGHTINGALES ... |
| Luis de Góngora | trans. John Bowring |
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No son todo ruiseñores los que cantan entre las flores, sino campanillas de plata, que tocan al alba, sino trompeticas de oro, que hacen la salva a los soles que adoro. No todas las voces ledas son de sirenas con plumas, cuyas húmidas espumas son las verdes alamedas. Si suspendido te quedas a los suaves clamores, no son todo ruiseñores los que cantan entre las flores, sino campanillas de plata, que tocan al alba, sino trompeticas de oro, que hacen la salva a los soles que adoro. Lo artificioso que admira, y lo dulce que consuela, no es de aquel violín que vuela ni de esotra inquieta lira; otro instrumento es quien tira de los sentidos mejores: no son todo ruiseñores los que cantan entre las flores, sino campanillas de plata, que tocan al alba, sino trompeticas de oro, que hacen la salva a los soles que adoro. |
They are not all sweet nightingales That fill with songs the flowery vales; But they are little silver bells, Touched by the winds in the smiling dells; Magic bells of gold in the grove, Forming a chorus for her I love. Think not the voices in the air Are from the wingéd Sirens fair, Playing among the dewy trees Chanting their morning mysteries; Oh! if you listen, delighted there, To their music scattered o'er the dales, They are not all sweet nightingales That fill with songs the flowery vales; But they are little silver bells, Touched by the winds in the smiling dells; Magic bells of gold in the grove, Forming a chorus for her I love. Oh! 'twas a lovely song - of art To charm - of nature to touch the heart; Sure 'twas some shepherd's pipe, which played By passion fills the forest shade; No! 'tis music's diviner part Which o'er the yielding spirit prevails. They are not all sweet nightingales That fill with songs the flowery vales; But they are little silver bells, Touched by the winds in the smiling dells; Magic bells of gold in the grove, Forming a chorus for her I love. ............ ............ |