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Lorca’s "Love from the Darkness Sonnets" - 6. Sleepless night of lovemaking

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Noche del amor insomne

 

Noche arriba los dos con luna llena,

yo me puse a llorar y tú reías.

Tu desdén era un dios, las quejas mías

momentos y palomas en cadena.

 

Noche abajo los dos. Cristal de pena,

llorabas tú por hondas lejanías.

Mi dolor era un grupo de agonías

sobre tu débil corazón de arena.

 

La aurora nos unió sobre la cama,

las bocas puestas sobre el chorro helado

de una sangre sin fin que se derrama.

 

Y el sol entró por el balcón cerrado

y el coral de la vida abrió su rama

sobre mi corazón amortajado.

 

~

 

 

Sleepless night of lovemaking

 

Above we two, night shone on us with a full moon;

I donned me tears while you produced a happy sound.

Your derision was god, the whimpers from me found

moments to be like chains about doves in festoon.

 

Night, below we two. Looking glass of pity, soon

you cried for the far-reaching distances profound.

My anguish was a cadre of death throes unbound

upon your vulnerable, sandy heart all strewn.

 

The dawn found us incarnate, joined as one in bed,

our mouths upon the frosted trickle’s ever start

of perpetual blood that of itself may shed.

 

Sunlight penetrated the shutters’ hidden part

and the coral of life bloomed in wide branches spread

high over the darkness-shrouded depths of my heart.

 

~

 

 

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Note: While authors are asked to place warnings on their stories for some moderated content, everyone has different thresholds, and it is your responsibility as a reader to avoid stories or stop reading if something bothers you. 
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