I chose Garcia Lorca for my first Spanish translation attempts, because of the many short poems in his oeuvre. Short poems, I thought, wouldn't take long to translate and that would give me a sense of accomplishment. In fact, reading the poem and understanding the words has not been the problem, the difficulty has been to achieve a coherent poem in English without losing the flavor of Gracia Lorca's exotic style. Here's my latest attempt:
Echo
The flower of dawn is open...
Do you remember yesterday?
The moon is spouting cold dead oil...
Think back, think back to August.
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