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ANON. - 12c.
tr. Brian Cole

del "Cantar de mío cid" - 1

from "The song of my Cid" - 1

del "Cantar de mío cid" - 2

from "The song of my Cid" - 2

BERCEO, Gonzalo de - 1180-1246
tr. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

de "La imagen respetada"

San Miguel de la Tumba

de "Milagros de Nuestra Señora"

from "The Miracles of Our Lady"

RUIZ, Juan, Archpriest of Hita - 1295/6-1351/2
tr. James H.Donalson

De las propriedades que las dueñas chicas han (1)

On the properties that little women have
tr. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

De las propriedades que las dueñas chicas han (2)

Praise of little women
tr. Elizabeth Drayson MacDonald

De las propriedades que las dueñas chicas han (3)

The qualities of small women


JERENA, Garci Fernandez de - 14-15c. tr. Brian Cole

Despedida del amor

Love's farewell




MENDOZA, Íñigo López de - 1398-1458 tr. John Pierrepont Rice

Faziendo la vía del Calatreveño ...

From Calatrava as I took my way ...


ANON. BALLADS - 15c. tr. Brian Cole

Los vientos eran contrarios ...

All the winds were contrary ...

¡Rey don Sancho, rey don Sancho ...

Good king Sancho, good king Sancho ...


VICENTE, Gil - 1465?-1537
tr. John Bowring

En la huerta nasce la rosa ...

The nightingale
tr. Brian Cole

Muy graciosa es la doncella ... (1)

The maid is full of grace and charms ...
tr. Thomas Walsh

Muy graciosa es la doncella ... (2)

Full of grace exceedingly ...

BOSCÁN, Juan - 1490-1542
tr. David Hildner

Amor es bueno en sí naturalmente ...

Love in itself is naturally good ...

Gran tiempo fui de males tan dañado ...

I was so long abased and full of woes ...
tr. Alix Ingber

Como aquel que en soñar gusto recibe ...

Like one receiving pleasure from a dream ...

Dulce soñar y dulce congojarme ...

Sweet dream it was and also sweet affliction ...

CASTILLEJO, Cristóbal de - 1490-1550 tr. Alix Ingber

Garcilaso y Herreraán siendo llegados ...

Boscán and Garcilaso having come ...

ANON. ROMANCES - 15c./16c. tr. Brian Cole

del "Romance de Don Rodrigo"

from the "Ballad of King Rodrigo"

Romance de Doña Alda

Ballad of Doña Alda

Romance del Prisionero

Ballad of the Prisoner

HERRERA, Fernando de - 16c. tr. Alix Ingber

Osé y temí: mas pudo la osadía ... (1)

I dared and feared: but daring was so strong ...

"¿Dó vas? ¿dó vas, crüel, dó vas?; refrena ... (1)

"Where, cruel one, where go you, where?; hold back, ...

Subo con tan gran peso quebrantado ...

I climb collapsing under such great weight ...

Pensé, mas fué engañoso pensamiento ...

I thought, but a deceptive thought it was ...

Trenzas que en la serena y limpia frente ...

Tresses on the clear and serene brow ...
tr. Michael Smith

Osé y temí: mas pudo la osadía ... (2)

I dared and feared: but daring was so strong ...

"¿Dó vas? ¿dó vas, crüel, dó vas?; refrena ... (2)

"Where, cruel one, where go you, where?; hold back, ...

Flaca esperança en todas mis porfías ...

Debile hope in all my obstinate strivings ...

DE LA VEGA, Garcilaso - 1501-36
tr. Brian Cole

Por ásperos caminos he llegado ...

Over rough roads I've come here ...
tr. Alan Crosier

En tanto que de rosa y azucena ... (1)

While rose's charming blush and lily's white ...
tr. Tyler Fisher

A la entrada de un valle ...

Within a valley's entrance ...
tr. Alix Ingber

En tanto que de rosa y azucena ... (2)

So long as of red rose and lily white ...

Cuando me paro a contemplar mi estado ... (1)

When I pause to contemplate my circumstance ...

Señora mía, si yo de vos ausente ...

My lady, if I now bereft of you ...

Si para refrenar este deseo ...

If trying to hold back this crazy, vain ...

Como la tierna madre que el doliente ...

Just like the doting mother whose infirm ...

Si a vuestra voluntad yo soy de cera ...

If I am wax submitting to your will ...

Pasando el mar Leandro el animoso ...

As resolute Leander crossed the sea ...
tr.Mary Rae

¡Oh dulces prendas por mi mal halladas ... (1)

Oh, sweet tokens, sadly found by me ...

Hermosas ninfas que, en el río metidas ...

Beautiful nymphs who through the river pass ...
tr. Michael Smith

Cuando me paro a contemplar mi estado ... (2)

When I now pause to ponder my condition ...

¡Oh dulces prendas por mi mal halladas, ... (2)

O sweet loves, that proved bad luck to me ...

Flor de Gnido

Flower of Nido

ACUÑA, Hernando de - 1518-80 tr. Alix Ingber

Soneto al Rey nuestro Señor

To the King our Lord

CETINA, Gutierre de - 1520-54
tr. Brian Cole

Madrigal: Ojos claros, serenos ...

Eyes serene, so clear ...
tr. David Hildner

Para ver si sus ojos eran cuales ...

To see if her eyes really did deserve ...

Como al pastor que en la ardiente hora estiva ...

As shepherds find delight in leafy shade ...
tr. Alix Ingber

Entre armas, guerra, fuego, ira y furores ...

Amidst the arms, war, fire, fury and rage ...

ALCÁZAR, Baltasar del - 1530-1606
tr. Alix Ingber

Yo acuerdo revelaros un secreto ...

I'm going to reveal to you a secret ...

ALDANA, Francisco de - 1532-78
tr. Jacqueline Bogaski

Al cielo

To Heaven
tr. Alix Ingber

¡Cuál es la causa, mi Damón ...

What is the cause, my Damon ...

Mil veces digo, entre los brazos puesto de Galatea ...

A thousand times I say, in Galatea's arms ...

Otro aquí no se ve que, frente a frente ...

All that one can see is, face to face ...

Mil veces callo que romper deseo ...

A thousand times I'm silent when I want ...

Reconocimiento de la vanidad del mundo

Recognition of the world's vanity

TORRE, Francisco de la - 1534?-94? tr. Brian Cole

Oda

Ode

Noche que en tu amoroso y dulce olvido ...

Night, who in your loving sweet oblivion ...
tr. Alix Ingber

Sigo, silencio, tu estrellado manto ...

Silence, I regard your starry mantle ...

Bella es mi Ninfa, si los lazos de oro ...

My nymph is lovely, if with golden hair ...


ANON. 16c.
tr. James Elroy Flecker

El romance del Infante (1)

Count Arnaldos
tr. Michael Smith

El romance del Conde Arnaldos(2)

Count Arnaldos


SAN JUAN DE LA CRUZ - 1542-91
tr. Leonard Cottrell

Por toda la hermosura

Savoring the world’s delights
tr. A.S.Kline

En una noche oscura ... (1)

On a darkened night ...

Entreme donde no supe ...

Where no knowing is I entered ...

¡Oh llama de amor viva ...

O flame of living love ...
tr. John Frederick Nims

Canciones entre el alma y el esposo

The spiritual canticle

En una noche oscura ... (2)

The dark night

CERVANTES, Miguel de - 1547-1616 tr. Alix Ingber

Al túmulo del Rey Felipe II en Sevilla

At the catafalque of King Philip II in Seville

A la entrada del duque de Medina en Cádiz

On the entrance of the Duke of Medina in Cádiz

ANON. - 16c.
tr. Michael Haldane

A Cristo crucificado (1)

I am not moved to love you, O my Lord ...
tr. Alix Ingber

A Cristo crucificado (2)

To Christ on the Cross
tr. Michael Smith

The Jimena Ballads - 1

Jimena's Plight

The Jimena Ballads - 2

Jimena's Plea

The Jimena Ballads - 3

The Wedding

The Jimena Ballads - 4

Jimena's Connubial Lament

The Jimena Ballads - 5

The Churching of Jimena

ARGENSOLA, Lupercio Leonardo de - 1559-1613
tr. Alix Ingber

Al sueño

To sleep

A una mujer que se afeitaba y estaba hermosa

To a woman who wore makeup and looked beautiful


GÓNGORA, Luis de - 1561-1627
tr. Timothy Adès

Mientras por competir ...

If now in competition ...
tr. John Bowring

No son todo ruiseñores ...

Not all sweet nightingales ...
tr. Alix Ingber

Al nacimiento de Cristo, nuestro Señor ...

On the birth of Christ, our Lord ...

No destrozada nave en roca dura ...

No vessel torn to shreds by solid rock ...

Ilustre y hermosísima María ...

Maria, most illustrious and fair ...

De una dama que, quitàndose una sortija ...

Of a lady who, taking off a ring ...

Al sol porque salió estando con una dama ...

To the sun because it rose ...

Cosas, Celalba mía, he visto extrañas ...

Things, Celalba mine, have I seen strange ...
tr. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

¡Oh claro honor del líquido elemento ...

Clear honor of the liquid element ...

Ande yo caliente ...

Let me go warm ...
tr. John Pierrepont Rice

La más bella niña

The loveliest girl
from "Selected Shorter Poems", Anvil Press - tr. Michael Smith

VI. Las flores del romero ...

VI. Blooms of rosemary ...

IX. De la florida falda ...

IX. Out of the florid fold ...

XIII. En dos lucientes estrellas ...

XIII. In a small patch of heaven ...
from "The Sea! The Sea!", Anvil Press - tr. Michael Smith

Amarrado al duro banco ... (fragmento)

from To a Turkish galley's hard bench ...

from "The Penguin Book of Spanish Verse", Penguin Books - prose tr. J.M.Cohen

De la brevedad engañosa de la vida

Of the deceptive brevity of life

ARGENSOLA, Bartolomé Leonardo de - 1559-1613
tr. Alix Ingber

Dime, Padre común, pues eres justo ...

Tell me, Father we share, since you are just ...

LOPE de VEGA - 1562-1635
tr. John Cowan

Soneto de Repente (1)

A Sonnet on Sonnets
tr. James H. Donalson

Soneto de Repente (2)

My darling Vi requests a sonnet now ...
tr. Alix Ingber
VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK 57"Selected Poems"
tr. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

¿Qué tengo yo, que mi amistad procuras? ...

Lord, what am I, that with unceasing care ...

El Pastor Divino

The Good Shepherd
tr. Aodhagán O'Broin

Soneto de Repente (3)

Improvised Sonnet

De la belleza de su amada

On the beauty of his beloved
from "Fuente Ovejuna" & "Lost in a Mirror", Oberon Books - tr. & adapt. Adrian Mitchell

from "Fuente Ovejuna" - Act 2

from "Fuente Ovejuna" - Act 2

from "Fuente Ovejuna" - Act 3

from "Fuente Ovejuna" - Act 3

from "El Castigo sin Venganza"

from "Lost in a Mirror"
from "Madness in Valencia" & "Peribañez", Oberon Books - tr. & adapt. David Johnston & Nick Drake

from "Locura in Valencia" - Act 1

from "Madness in Valencia" - Act 1

from "Locura in Valencia" - Act 3

from "Madness in Valencia" - Act 3

MEDRANO, Francisco de - 1570-1606 tr. Alix Ingber

Yo vi romper aquestas vegas llanas ...

I saw them break apart these level fields ...

Veré al tiempo tomar de ti, señora ...

I'll see time take upon you, lady mine ...

A las ruinas de Itàlica, que ahora llaman Sevilla la Vieja ...

To the ruins of Italica, now called Old Seville ...

En la playa de Barcelona, volviendo de Roma

On the beach at Barcelona, returning from Rome

QUEVEDO, Francisco de - 1580-1645 tr. Anna Crowe

Tudescos moscos de los sorbos finos ...

The Poet Takes his Revenge on the Midge
tr. Michael Haldane

A Roma sepultada en sus ruinas ...

To Rome, sepulchred in her ruins
tr. Alix Ingber

Afectos varios de su corazón ...

Several reactions of his heart ...

Dificulta el retratar una grande hermosura ...

Painting a great beauty ...

Si dios eres, Amor, ¿cuàl es tu cielo? ...

If you're a god, Love, tell me, what's your heaven? ...

Inútil y débil victoria del Amor ...

Futile and puny victory of Love ...

Comunicación de amor invisible por los ojos

Communication of invisible love through the eyes

Artificiosa evasión de la muerte ...

Artful evasion of death ...

A Dafne, huyendo de Apolo

To Daphne, fleeing from Apollo

ALARCÓN, Juan Ruiz de - ?1581-1639 tr. Timothy Adès

Amistad

Friendship

GUEVARA, Miguel de - 1585-1646 tr. Michael Haldane

Levantáme, Señor, que estoy caído ...

Raise me, Father, for I lie here fallen ...

CALDERÓN, Pedro - 1600-81
from "Three Plays", Oberon Books - tr. & adapt. Adrian Mitchell & John Barton

from "El Alcalde de Zalamea"

from "The Mayor of Zalamea"

from "La Vida es Sueño"

from "Life's a Dream

from "El Gran Teatro del Mundo"

from "The Great Theatre of the World

POLO DE MEDINA, Salvador Jacinto - 1603-76 tr. Timothy Adès

Las clavellinas de Indias

Indian pinks
tr. Brian Cole

El Ícaro

The Icarus moth

BARRIOS, Miguel de - 1625?-1701? tr. Brian Cole

A la muerte de Raquel

On the death of Rachel

de la CRUZ, Sor Juana Inés - 1648-95 tr. Alix Ingber

Que contiene una fantasía ...

Which contains an amorous fantasy ...

Escoge antes el morir ...

She prefers to die ...

Feliciano me adora y le aborrezco ...

Philip worships me and I abhor him ...

En que satisface un recelo ...

In which she satisfies suspicion ...

Procura desmentir los elogios ...

She tries to refute the praises ...

En que da moral censura a una rosa ...

In which she warns a rose ...

MORATIN, Nicolas Fernandez de - 1737-80tr. Peter Dean

Epigrama

Epigram

ESPRONCEDA, José de - 1808-42 tr. James H. Donalson

La desesperación

Despair

A la muerte de Torrijos y sus compañeros - Soneto

Sonnet on the death of Torrijos and his companions

El diablo mundo: Coro de demonios

The devil world: Devil's chorus

del "Estudiante de Salamanca - Parte II"

from "The student from Salamanca - Part II"
tr. James Kennedy

Canción del Pirata

Canción of the Pirate
tr. Thomas Walsh

El Mendigo

The beggar

ZORRILLA, José - 1817-93 tr. N. K. Mayberry & A. S. Kline
from The Project Gutenberg EBook of Don Juan Tenorio

Part I, Act I, Scene 2

Part I, Act I, Scene 2

Part I, Act III, Scene 1

Part I, Act III, Scene 1

Part II, Act III, Scene 1

Part II, Act III, Scene 1

CAMPOAMOR, Ramón de - 1817-1901 tr. James H. Donalson

from "Las doloras"

from "Suffering"

BÉCQUER, Gustavo Adolfo - 1836-70
tr. Brian Cole

Olas gigantes ...

Giant waves ...

Volverán las oscuras golondrinas ...

The black swallows will return ...

En la imponente nave ...

In the imposing nave ...

No dormía; vagaba en ese limbo ... (1)

Sleepless I wandered in that limbo ...

tr. James H. Donalson

Saeta que voladora ... (1)

Arrow flying thru the heavens ...
from "Collected Poems (Rimas)", Shearsman Books - tr. Michael Smith

Saeta que voladora ... (2)

Arrow randomly shot ...

Cuando en la noche ...

When at night ...

No dormía; vagaba en ese limbo ... (2)

I did not sleep but wandered in that limbo ...

CASTRO, Rosalío de - 1837-85
tr. Brian Cole

Yo no sé lo que busco eternamente ...

I do not know what I am looking for ...

Del rumor cadencioso de la onda ... (1)

Far from the rhythm of the waves ...

Del rumor cadencioso de la onda ... (2)

Away from the rhythmic sound of the waves ...
tr. Michael Smith

Hora tras hora ...

Hour after hour ...
See also POEMS - OTHER

PRADA, Manuel Gonzalez - 1844-1918 tr. James H. Donalson

Cosmopolitismo

Fatiguing, tiring, boring are the words ...

MARTÍ, José - 1853-95 tr. James H. Donalson

El bote

I went rowing ...

DÍAZ MIRÓN, Salvador - 1853-1928 tr. Timothy Adès

Engarce

Setting a jewel

GUTIÉRREZ NÁJERA, Manuel - 1859-95 tr. Timothy Adès

La duquesa Job

My little Duchess

En tus abismos ...

Merciless fever

UNAMUNO, Miguel de - 1864-1936 tr. Anon

La Oración del Ateo

The Atheist's Prayer

La Nevada es Silenciosa ...

The Snowfall is so Silent...
tr. Brian Cole

En un cementerio de lugar Castellano

In a village cemetery in Castile
tr. Brian Cole & Anna Cole

Junto a la Laguna de Cristo ... (1)

Beside the Lake of Christ ...
tr. Michael Smith

Junto a la Laguna de Cristo ...(2)

Beside the Lake of Christ ...

A Federico García Lorca

To Federico García Lorca


VALLE-INCLÁN - 1866-1936
tr. Michael Smith

Rosa de Oriente

Eastern Rose

Rosa de Melancolia

Rose of Melancholy

DARÍO, Rubén - 1867-1916
tr. Brian Cole

Sinfonía en gris mayor

Symphony in Grey Major

Lo fatal (1)

Fate
tr. John Pierrepont Rice

Sonatina

Sonatina
tr. Salomón de la Selva

Primaveral

Primaveral
tr. Thomas Walsh

Tarde del Trópico

Nightfall in the Tropics
tr. Steven F.White & Greg Simon

Leda

Leda
from "The Penguin Book of Spanish Verse", Penguin Books - prose tr. J.M.Cohen

Lo fatal (2)

Fatality

HERRERA Y REISSIG, Julio - 1875-1910 tr. Timothy Adès

La vuelta de los campos

Returning from the fields

VELIZ, Carlos Pezoa - 1875-1908 tr. Mark Leech

Nada

Nothing

AGUSTINI, Delmira - 1886-1914 tr. Valerie Martinez
VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK 51

Poemas

Poems

LÓPEZ VELARDE, Ramón - 1888-1921 tr. Timothy Adès

El Retorno Maléfico

The Accursed Homecoming

Memorias del circo

Memories of the circus

MISTRAL, Gabriela - 1889-1957 tr. Brian Cole

Amo Amor

I love love

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Devuelto

Return
tr. Arthur McHugh

La Extranjera

The Foreigner

STORNI, Alfonsina - 1892-1938 tr. Michelle Cliff

Retrato de García Lorca

Portrait of Garcia Lorca

Dolor

Anguish

VALLEJO, César - 1892-1938
from "Trilce", The Sheep Meadow Press - tr. Rebecca Seiferle

Rechinan dos carretas contra los martillos ...

Two carts squeal against hammers ...

Si lloviera esta noche, retiraríame ...

If tonight it rains, I would withdraw ...

Lento salón en cono, te cerraron, te cerré ...

Slow room in bittered, they closed you ...
from "Trilce", Shearsman Books - tr. Michael Smith & Valentino Guanuzzi

Oh las cuatro paredes de la celda ...

Oh the cell's four walls ...

Quién ha encendido fósforo ...

Who lit the match ...

Ha triunfado otro ay. La verdad está allí ...

Another alas has triumphed. There lies the truth ...
from "Complete Later Poems 1923-1938", Shearsman Books - tr. Michael Smith & Valentino Guanuzzi

El acento me pende del zapato ...

The accent hangs down from my shoe ...

Despedida recordando un adiós

Farewell recalling a goodbye

Sermón sobre la muerte

Sermon on death
from "The Black Heralds & etc.", Shearsman Books - tr. Michael Smith & Valentino Guanuzzi

Verano

Summer

La cena miserable

The wretched supper

Fosforescencia

Phosphorence

LORCA, Federico García - 1898-1936
tr. Timothy Adès

Soneto de homenaje a Manuel de Falla ...

Sonnet of homage to Manuel de Falla ...

A Mercedes en su vuelo

To Mercedes on the wing
tr. Tim Chilcott

Baladilla de los tres ríos

Little ballad of the three rivers

Paisaje

Landscape

La guitarra

The guitar

El grito

The cry

El paso de la siguiriya

The siguiriya's stepping out

Después de pasar

After passing by
tr. Michelle Cliff

Gacela de la muerte oscura (1)

Gacela of dark death

Casida de las palomas oscuras

Casida of the dark doves
tr. Brian Cole

Llanto por Ignacio S.Mejías (1)

Lament for Ignacio S.Mejías

Soneto de la guirnalda de rosas

Sonnet of the garland of roses

Soneto de la dulce queja (1)

Sonnet of sweet complaint (1)

El amor duerme en el pecho del poeta (1)

His love sleeps on the breast of the poet

¡Ay voz secreta del amor oscuro! (1)

Ah me, my dark love's ever secret call!

Llagas de amor (1)

Wounds of love
tr. A.S.Kline

Romance de la luna, luna (1)

Romance of the moon, the moon

Gacela del amor imprevisto

Gacela of unexpected love

¡Ay voz secreta del amor oscuro! (2)

O secret voice of hidden love!

Romance sonámbulo (1)

Romance of the sleepwalker

La casada infiel (1)

The unfaithful wife

Despedida

Farewell
tr. Mark Leech
VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK 55Selected Poems

Pequeño poema infinito

Small, Infinite Poem

Yo sé que mi perfil será tranquilo ...

My profile will be at peace, I know, ...
tr. John Frederick Nims

Romance sonámbulo (2)

Sleepwalkers' ballad

La casada infiel (2)

The unfaithful wife

Romance de la pena negra

Ballad of black grief
from "Fire, Blood and the Alphabet", Durham University
9 more versions of 'Llagas de amor'

Wounds of love

tr. Sebastian Doggart

Lacerations of love

tr. John Edmunds

Wounds of love

tr. Gwynne Edwards

Stigmata of love

tr. James Flint

Wounds of love

tr. Brendan Kennelly

The Wounds of love

tr. John Kerr

Love's Thorns

tr. Caridad Svich

The Wounds of love

tr. Colin Teevan

The Wounds of love

tr. Merryn Williams
from "Selected Poems", Bloodaxe Books - tr. Merryn Williams

Suicidio

Suicide

Romance de la luna, luna (2)

Ballad of the moon, moon

Gacela de la muerte oscura (2)

Gacela of the dark death

Llanto por Ignacio S.Mejías (3)

Lament for Ignacio S.Mejías
VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK 44
From "Poeta en Nueva York" From "Poet in New York"
VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK 50
Sonetas del amor oscuro Sonnets of Dark Love
from "The Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca", New Directions Publishing Corp.
tr. W.S.Merwin

El concierto interrumpido

The interrupted concert
tr. Roy Campbell

Adan

Adam
tr. Stephen Spender & J.L.Gili

del "Rey de Harlem"

from "The king of Harlem"
from "Selected Poems", Penguin Books - ed. Christopher Maurer
tr. Catherine Brown

El lagarto viejo

The old lizard
tr. Will Kirkland

Reyerta

The dispute
tr. John K.Walsh & Francisco Aragon

Soneto de la dulce queja (2)

Sonnet of the sweet complaint (2)
from "Poet in New York", Penguin Books - tr. Greg Simon & Steven F.White

Norma y paraíso de los negros

Standards and paradise of the blacks

Nocturno del hueco

Nocturne of emptied space

Pequeño vals vienés

Little Viennese waltz
from "The Tamarit Poems", Dedalus Press - tr. Michael Smith

Gacela de la muerte oscura (2)

Gacela of dark death

Casida de la mujer tendida

Casida of the recumbent woman

Gacela de la huida

Gacela of the flight

Poems from Arabic Andalusia:

El naranjo

The orange tree

El río de la miel

The river of honey
from "Lorca/Blackburn", Stop Press - tr. Paul Blackburn

from "Oda a Salvador Dalí"

from "Ode to Salvador Dali"


BORGES, Jorge Luis - 1899-1986

Arthur McHugh

Poema de la Cantidad

Poem of Quantity
from "Selected Poems", Penguin Classics - ed. Alexander Coleman

tr. Alastair Reid

El otro tigre

The other tiger

A una moneda

To a coin

tr. Stephen Kessler

Alejandría, A.D.641

Alexandria, A.D.641

FOLK SAYINGS from Puerto Rico tr. James H. Donalson

Ayer pasé por tu puerta ...

Last night I passed by your door ...

ANDRADE, Jorge Carrera - 1902-78
tr. Arthur McHugh

Morada terrestre

Earthly abode

VILLARRUTIA, Xavier - 1903-51
tr. Michael Smith

Nocturno

Nocturne

Nocturno miedo

Fear nocturne

Nocturno grito

Scream nocturne

NERUDA, Pablo - 1904-73
from "The Captain's Verses", Anvil Press - tr. Brian Cole

La reina

The queen

Tu risa (1)

Your laugh

La muerta (1)

Dead woman

from "The Captain's Verses", New Directions - tr. Donald D. Walsh

Tu risa (2)

Your laughter

Si tu me olvidas

If you forget me

La muerta (2)

The dead woman
from "Elemental Odes", Libris - tr. Margaret Sayers Peden

de "Oda a los números"

from "Ode to numbers"

de "Oda al vino"

from "Ode to wine"

de "Oda a la pantera negra"

from "Ode to a black pantheress"
from "Selected Poems", Penguin Books - ed. Nathaniel Tarn

tr. Nathaniel Tarn

Sólo la muerte

Death alone

tr. W.S.Merwin

Naciendo en los bosques

Being born in the woods

tr. Alastair Reid

Y cuánto vive?

And how long?


CERNUDA, Luis - 1904-62tr. Stephen Kessler

Otra vez, con sentimiento

Once more, with feeling

Epílogo

Epilogue

Supervivencias tribales en el medio literario

Survival of tribal customs in the literary realm

Despedida

Taking leave


HERNÁNDEZ, Miguel - 1910-42

VIRTUAL CHAPBOOK 58

tr. A.S.Kline
Poems by Miguel Hernández
from "I have lots of heart", Bloodaxe Books - tr. Don Share

Me tiraste un limón, y tan amargo (2)

You threw me a bitter lemon

El hambre

Hunger

El amor ascendía entre nosotros

Love rose up between us


CUADRA, Pablo Antonio - 1912-2002 tr. Steven F.White

Nonantzin

Nonantzin

Poema del momento extranjero en la selva

Poem of the foreigners' moment in our jungle


PARRA, Nicanor - 1914-
from "Antipoems: New and Selected", New Directions Publishing Corp.
tr. William Carlos Williams

Solo de piano

Piano solo
tr. W.S.Merwin

Yo Jehová decreto

I Jehovah decree
tr. David Unger

Cristo de Elqui se defiende como gato de espaldas

The Christ of Elqui defends himself like a cornered cat

PAZ, Octavio - 1914-98
from "Configurations", New Directions Publishing Corp.
tr. Charles Tomlinson

Ustica

Ustica
tr. Lysander Kemp

El balcón

The balcony
tr. J.Swaminathan & Octavio Paz

Al pintor Swaminathan

To the painter Swaminathan
from "A Draft of Shadows", New Directions Publishing Corp.
tr. Elizabeth Bishop

Un anochecer

Nightfall

Por la calle de Galeana

Along Galeana Street
tr. Mark Strand

La llama, el habla

Flame, speech
from "The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz - 1957-87", New Directions Publishing Corp.
tr. Denise Levertov

Cosante

Cosante
tr. Eliot Weinberger

Golden Lotuses - 2

Golden Lotuses - 2
tr. Elizabeth Bishop

Objetos y Apariciones

Objects & Apparitions

CARDENAL, Ernesto - 1925-
from "The Music of the Spheres", Katabasis - tr. Dinah Livingstone

de "La Música de las Esferas"

from "The Music of the Spheres"
from "Nicaraguan New Time", Journeyman Press - tr. Dinah Livingstone

Las loras

The parrots

CRESPO, Àngel - 1926-95tr. Arthur Terry

Al dios desconocido

To the unknown god

Un camino

A road

Viejos retratos

Old portraits

VALENTE, José Àngel - 1928-
from "The Penguin Book of Spanish Verse", Penguin Books - prose tr. J.M.Cohen

Tierra de nadie

No man's land

BORGE, Tomás - 1930-
from "Carlos, now the dawn's no fond illusion", Katabasis - tr. Dinah Livingstone

Comandante Carlos Fonseca

Comandante Carlos Fonseca

MAIA, Circe - 1932-
publ. "Comparative Criticism - 24", Cambridge Univ. Press - tr. Brian Cole

No habrá ...

There will not be ...

Cambios

Changes

Onirica

Oneirica

Destrucción del paisaje

Destruction of the Landscape
VIRTUAL BOOK 10
Cambios, permanencias ...Changing Voices
VIRTUAL BOOK 42
Breve solBrief sun
from "Yesterday a Eucalyptus", Brindin Press - tr. Brian Cole

Grados de irrealidad

Degrees of unreality

La ciudad del sol

City of the sun

Del Popol-Vuh

From the Popol-Vuh

RODRIGUEZ, Claudio - 1934-99 tr. Louis Bourne

Frente al mar

Facing the sea

Sombra de la amapola

The poppy's shadow

Una aparición

A startling sight

GODINO, Rodolfo - 1936- tr. Brian Cole

El escindido

He was split

Cuando la diosa se aparte

When the goddess retires

Eco de la especie

Echo of the species

Horóscopo

Horoscope

Proposición

Proposition

HAHN, Oscar - 1938- tr. Steven F.White

Ciudad en llamas

City on fire



GURNEY, Roberttr. the poet
see also below trans. from English - gurgur
and trans. into Catalan - gurgu2

Un poema

A poem
from "El cuarto oscuro", Lord Byron Ediciones (Spanish only)
tr. Brian Cole

Fresnos

Ash trees

Escaleras al cielo

Ladders to heaven

Un nacionalismo estúpido

Stupid nationalism

PACHECO, José Emilio - 1939-
from "Selected Poems", New Directions Publishing Corp.
tr. Alastair Reid

Conversación Romana

Roman conversation
tr. Thomas Hoeksema

Presagio

Omen
tr. George McWhirter

La granada

The pomegranate

BRAVO CALDERARA, María Eugenia - 1940-
from "Prayer in the National Stadium", Katabasis - tr. Dinah Livingstone

Cartesianismo

Cartesianism


ALBA, Laureano - 1943-
tr. Brian Cole

Uno

One

Dos

Two

Tres

Three

Cuatro

Four

Cinco

Five
tr. Anabel Torres

Seis

Six

Siete

Seven

Ocho

Eight

Nueve

Nine

Diez

Ten

Once

Eleven


PADRÓN, Justo Jorge - 1943-
tr. Brian Cole

Resplandor del odio

Radiance of hatred

Fuerza oscura

A dark force

Negación del mundo

Denial of the world

Yunque

Anvil

Ajedrez

Chess
tr. Louis Bourne

Virtual Book 48

Selected Poems
from "Memory of the Fire", Anvil Press - tr. Louis Bourne

Mentira del infierno

Hell's lie

Sólo sé tu extrañeza

I only know your strangeness

De pulpa y vino y vena

Of pulp and wine and vein

FREIDEMBERG, Daniel - 1945- tr. Brian Cole

Cantos en la mañana vil

Songs on a sordid morning

OTERIÑO, Rafael Felipe - 1945- tr. Brian Cole

Quisiera que este viento ...

I could wish this wind ...

Rara materia

Rare matter

Con esta mano ...

With this hand ...

Alegría

Joy

Fondamenta degli Incurabili

Fondamenta degli Incurabili

ROCHA, Luis - 1945-
from "Poets of the Nicaraguan Revolution", Katabasis - tr. Dinah Livingstone

Contraluz

Against the light

TALENS, Jenaro - 1946- tr. Brian Cole

Mecánica menuda

Small scale mechanics

WATANABE, José - 1946- tr. C.A.de Lomellini & David Tipton

La mantis religiosa

The praying mantis

Taller de escultura

Sculpture workshop

El acuerdo

The agreement


RIVERA-REYES, Roberto - 194?-
tr. Dinah Livingstone

Los árboles cantan como ríos

The trees sing like rivers
from "Dawn Hunters and other poems", Latin American Writers Publication
- tr. Dinah Livingstone.

La voz de la madera

Voice of the wood

Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Los molinos de Don Quijote

Don Quixote's windmills

CAMERON, Juan - 1947- tr. Cola Franzen
from "Si regreso", Cross-Cultural Communications, Merrick, NY, USA.

Tablero

Chessboard

Furia de diversiones

Frenzy of diversions

Subway

Subway

BELLI, Gioconda - 1948- tr. Steven F.White

Yo, la que te quiere

I am the woman who loves you

MORA, Tulio - 1948-
from "A mountain crowned by a cemetery", Redbeck Press.
tr. C.A.de Lomellini & David Tipton

Garcilaso de la Vega

Garcilaso de la Vega

Antonio

Antonio

Manuel Barreto

Manuel Barreto

TORRES, Anabel - 1948-
from "Medias Nonas", Celeste, Editorial Universidad de Antioquia
tr. Brian Cole

El país de Gulliver

Gulliver's Country

Autopsia

Autopsy

Cuando primero llegué a Frankfurt

When I first arrived at Frankfurt

Temiendo leer

Fearing to read

Tres y media - Biblioteca Nacional

Half past three - the National Library

El tren persigue sus rieles

The train follows its rails
tr. the poet

Medias Nonas

Odd socks
from "Wounded Water", Ediciones Arból de Papel, Bogotá - tr. the poet

Las cuatra de la mañana

Four in the morning

El fantasma del amor

The ghost of love

Acabo de comprarte una palabra

Just now I bought you a word

A mi amado por venir

To a future love

Del diario de un combatiente obligado

From the diary of a conscripted soldier

Concierto dominical ...

Sunday concert ...

SAMOILOVICH, Daniel - 1949- tr. Brian Cole