Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University


2202242  Introduction to the Study of English Poetry

 

 

 

Federico Garcia Lorca

(June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936)

 

Snail

from Canciones, 1921-1924 (1927)

 

Spanish

English

Caracola

Snail

Me han traído una caracola.

They have brought me a snail.

   
Dentro le canta Inside it sings
un mar de mapa. a map-green ocean.
Mi corazón My heart
se llena de agua 5 swells with water, 5
con pececillos  with small fish
de sombra y plata. of brown and silver.
   
Me han traído una caracola. They have brought me a snail.

 

 

--translated by William Jay Smith

 

Federico Garcia Lorca

 

 

 

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