Andalusian Lament
Why? Why Federico?
Why did you so determinedly penetrate the olive groves,
simply to re-discover your fateful cement jungle,
your labyrinth …
heavily painted red lips and flaming green eyes …
under midnight blue mantillas …
hombres altos y bellos … en seda blanca vestidos …
Federico,
were you madly convinced that your moon,
would afford you refuge?
la luna de los poetas …
¿por qué? Federico, que un amigo, raramente visible, puede sentir
los mismos sentimientos que tú?
Adónde fue, yo sé que el pasado no es muy lejos de mí,
yo sé que el pasado es, cada minuto, más cercano …
In my nightmares,
I dream that the terrifying past,
will be arriving soon.
I dream that this time period will enter me,
smashing up the present and the future.
Imagined or experienced,
the currents of yesterday will bring back with themselves,
mass graves,
gunfire …
the bloodied dead.
Federico, why couldn't you have stayed in a safe republican stronghold?
Madrid … or Barcelona?
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