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)
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Caracola |
Snail |
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Me han traído una caracola. |
They have brought me a snail. |
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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. | |||
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--translated by William Jay Smith |
Federico Garcia Lorca |
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