Out in the sky, no one sleeps. No one, no one. No one sleeps. In a graveyard far off there is a corpse who has moaned for three years because of an a… - Federico García Lorca

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Out in the sky, no one sleeps. No one, no one.
No one sleeps.
In a graveyard far off there is a corpse
who has moaned for three years
because of an arid landscape in his knee;
and that boy they buried this morning cried so much
it was necessary to call out the dogs to keep him quiet.

Life is not a dream. Careful! Careful! Careful!
We fall down the stairs in order to eat the moist earth
or we climb to the snow's edge with the voices of dead dahlias.
But there is no oblivion; no dream:
only flesh exists. Kisses tie our mouths
in a tangle of new veins,
and those who hurt will hurt without rest
and those who are afraid of death will carry it on their shoulders.

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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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Life is not a dream. Careful! Careful! Careful!
We fall down the stairs in order to eat the moist earth
or we climb to the knife edge of the snow with the voices of
the dead dahlias.
But forgetfulness does not exist, dreams do not exist;
flesh exists. Kisses tie our mouths
in a thicket of new veins,
and whoever his pain pains will feel that pain forever
and whoever is afraid of death will carry it on his shoulders.

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Everyone understands the pain that accompanies death,
but genuine pain doesn't live in the spirit,
nor in the air, nor in our lives,
nor on these terraces of billowing smoke.
The genuine pain that keeps everything awake
is a tiny, infinite burn
on the innocent eyes of other systems.

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