Selected Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca

"Love Song"

I looked into your eyes/when I was a child and good.

Your hands caressed me/gave me a sweet kiss.

(The clocks keep the same beat, and the night is decorated with the same group of stars.)

My heart is open/like a flower growing under the sky/with strong petals/ And the dream-like stamens.

(The clocks keep the same beat, and the night is decorated with the same group of stars.)

I sobbed in the room/like the prince in the story/for a little golden star/ Lost at the entrance to the tournament.

(The clocks keep the same beat, and the night is decorated with the same group of stars.)

I left your side/loved you without knowing/what your eyes looked like. /And your beautiful hair and hands,

I only left your kiss on my forehead/like a butterfly.

(The clocks keep the same beat, and the night is decorated with the same group of stars.)

"Wish"

Only your burning heart/nothing else .

My paradise/a field/no nightingale/no strings,

a river/separated/and a small fountain.

There are no spurs of wind in the branches,

There are no stars that want to be leaves.

A huge ray of light/will become the light of another person/on a broken

gazing field.

A quiet calm/Our kiss,

The ringing circle of echoes/will/There open far away.

And there is only your burning heart/nothing anymore.