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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 cantaInside it sings
un mar de mapa.a map-green ocean.
Mi corazónMy heart
se llena de agua5swells 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

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