Poem by Antonio Machado
Last Night As I Was Sleepingby Antonio Machado
(Translation by Robert Bly)
Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt - marvelous error!-
that a spring was breaking
out in my heart.
I said: Along which secret aqueduct,
Oh water, are you coming to me,
water of a new life
that I have never drunk?
Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt - marvelous error!-
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.
Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt - marvelous error!-
that a fiery sun was giving
light inside my heart.
It was fiery because I felt
warmth as from a hearth,
and sun because it gave light
and brought tears to my eyes.
Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt - marvelous error!-
that it was God I had
here inside my heart.
Labels: Antonio Machado, poem, poema, Robert Bly
posted by Jennifer A. DeBeer @ 19:10
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