The night above. We two. Full moon. I started to weep, you … - Federico García Lorca

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The night above. We two. Full moon.
I started to weep, you laughed.
Your scorn was a god, my laments
moments and doves in a chain.
The night below. We two. Crystal of pain.
You wept over great distances.
My ache was a clutch of agonies
over your sickly heart of sand.
Dawn married us on the bed,
our mouths to the frozen spout
of unstaunched blood.
The sun came through the shuttered balcony
and the coral of life opened its branches
over my shrouded heart.

- Night of Sleepless Love

Federico García Lorca

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About Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, dramatist, painter, pianist and composer.

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Alternative Names: García Lorca • García Lorca, Federico • G. F. Lorca • Phenteriko Gkarthia Lorka • Lorka • F. García Lorca • F. G. Lorca • Lorca • Federico Garciá Lorca • Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca • Phederiko Gkarthia Lorka • Federiḳo Garsiyah Lorḳah • Federiko Garsii︠a︡ Lorka • Federico Garcia Lorca • Frederico Garcia Lorca • Federico del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Garcia Lorca • Garcia Lorca • F. Garcia Lorca • Federiko Garsia Lorka • Federico Carcía Lorca • Federico Carcia Lorca

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The night below. We two. Crystal of pain.
You wept over great distances.
My ache was a clutch of agonies
over your sickly heart of sand.

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Anne Sexton Anna Akhmatova Pablo Neruda Edna St. Vincent Millay Arthur Rimbaud

Additional quotes by Federico García Lorca

If blue is dream
what then innocence?
What awaits the heart
if Love bears no arrows?

[To find a kiss of yours]

translated by Sarah Arvio.

To find a kiss of yours
what would I give
A kiss that strayed from your lips
dead to love

My lips taste
the dirt of shadows

To gaze at your dark eyes
what would I give
Dawns of rainbow garnet
fanning open before God — The stars blinded them
one morning in May

And to kiss your pure thighs
what would I give
Raw rose crystal
sediment of the sun

También yo quiero dejarte
si pienso como se piensa.
Pero voy donde tú vas.
Tú también. Da un paso. Prueba.
Clavos de luna nos funden
mi cintura y tus caderas.

The night above. We two. Full moon. I started to weep, you laughed. Your scorn was a god, my laments moments and doves in a chain. The night below. W… - Federico García Lorca

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