20 Dec: "Snail" by Federico Garcia Lorea

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