Dear Rowing and Dreaming,
I have brought you a beautiful poem, and a boat; use them wisely in your dream life on this first day of summer.
Caracola
Me han traído una caracola.
Dentro le centa
un mar de mapa.
Mi corazón
se llena de agua,
con pececillos
de sombra y plata.
Me han traído una caracola.
Snail
They have brought me a snail.
Inside it sings
a map-green ocean.
a map-green ocean.
My heart
swells with water,
with small fish,
silvery, shadowy.
They have brought me a snail.
Federico Garcia Lorca, from Canciones, 1921-1924.
English translation: William Jay Smith.
