• hopilavayi: an erotic dictionary

memories of my ghost sista

~ the dead are never satisfied

memories of my ghost sista

Tag Archives: ballad of black dread

ballad of black dread, by federico garcia lorca

28 Saturday Sep 2013

Posted by babylon crashing in Poetry, Spanish, Translation

≈ Comments Off on ballad of black dread, by federico garcia lorca

Tags

ballad of black dread, Federico Garcia Lorca, poem, romance de la pena negra, Spanish translation

Frenetic axes of cocks
digging in search of the dawn
when down from the dark foothills
comes Soledad Montoya.
Yellow copper of her flesh
smelling of horses and murk.
Smoky anvils of her breasts,
wailing out rounded songs.
“Soledad, who are you calling for,
all alone, at this hour?”
“Do not worry who it is,
what is this to you, anyway?
I want whatever I want,
my body and my joy.”
“Soledad, dreadful one,
the stallion that runs free
finds at last the sea
only to be swallowed by the waves.”
“Do not speak to me of the sea,
for the black dread surges out
from the land of the olive tree,
under the rustling of its leaves.”
“Soledad, what anguish you have
what horrendous pain!
You wail lemon juice,
bitter from the lips with longing.”
“Ai, what anguish! I drift
around my house,
from kitchen to bedroom,
my braids undone, on the floor.
Ai, what terror! My clothes
and flesh are fading into black.
Ai, my linen nightgowns!
Ai, my poppy thighs!”
“Soledad, wash your body
in skylark water.
Let peace into your heart,
Soledad Montoya.”

Downhill the river sings:
mantle of leaves and sky.
The new light is crowned
in wild pumpkin flowers.
Ai, the pain! Pain of the gypsies,
clean pain from a hidden stream
and from the endless dawn!

—- translation by ZJC

][][

romance de la pena negra

Las piquetas de los gallos
cavan buscando la aurora,
cuando por el monte oscuro
baja Soledad Montoya.
Cobre amarillo, su carne,
huele a caballo y a sombra.
Yunques ahumados sus pechos,
gimen canciones redondas.
Soledad, ¿por quién preguntas
sin compaña y a estas horas?
Pregunte por quien pregunte,
dime: ¿a ti qué se te importa?
Vengo a buscar lo que busco,
mi alegría y mi persona.
Soledad de mis pesares,
caballo que se desboca,
al fin encuentra la mar
y se lo tragan las olas.
No me recuerdes el mar,
que la pena negra, brota
en las tierras de aceituna
bajo el rumor de las hojas.
¡Soledad, qué pena tienes!
¡Qué pena tan lastimosa!
Lloras zumo de limón
agrio de espera y de boca.
¡Qué pena tan grande! Corro
mi casa como una loca,
mis dos trenzas por el suelo,
de la cocina a la alcoba.
¡Qué pena! Me estoy poniendo
de azabache carne y ropa.
¡Ay, mis camisas de hilo!
¡Ay, mis muslos de amapola!
Soledad: lava tu cuerpo
con agua de las alondras,
y deja tu corazón
en paz, Soledad Montoya.

Por abajo canta el río:
volante de cielo y hojas.
Con flores de calabaza,
la nueva luz se corona.
¡Oh pena de los gitanos!
Pena limpia y siempre sola.
¡Oh pena de cauce oculto
y madrugada remota!

age difference anal sex Armenia Armenian Genocide Armenian translation ars poetica art artist unknown blow job Chinese translation conversations with imaginary sisters cum cunnilingus drama erotic erotica erotic poem erotic poetry Federico Garcia Lorca fellatio finger fucking free verse ghost ghost girl ghost lover gif Gyumri haiku homoerotic homoerotica Humor i'm spilling more thank ink y'all incest Lilith Lord Byron Love shall make us a threesome masturbation more than just spilled ink more than spilled ink mythology ocean mythology Onna bugeisha orgasm Peace Corps photo poem Poetry Portuguese Portuguese translation prose quote unquote reblog retelling Rumi Sappho sea folklore Shakespeare sheismadeinpoland sonnet sorrow Spanish Spanish translation spilled ink story Taoist Pirate rituals Tarot Tarot of Syssk thank you threesome Titus Andronicus translation video Walt Whitman woman warrior xenomorph

electric mayhem [links]

  • sandra bernhard
  • poesia erótica (português)
  • cyndi lauper
  • aimee mann
  • discos bizarros argentinos
  • Poetic K [myspace]
  • armenian erotica and news

Meta

  • Create account
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Blog Stats

  • 389,908 hits

Categories

ars poetica: the blogs a-b

  • stacy blint
  • brilliant books
  • aliki barnstone
  • armenian poetry project
  • afghan women's writing project
  • cecilia ann
  • mary biddinger
  • sandra beasley
  • alzheimer's poetry project
  • american witch
  • black satin
  • the art blog
  • clair becker
  • emma bolden
  • wendy babiak
  • margaret bashaar
  • tiel aisha ansari
  • megan burns
  • kristy bowen
  • sommer browning
  • Alcoholic Poet
  • all things said and done
  • afterglow
  • lynn behrendt

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 44 other subscribers

Archives

ars poetica: the blogs c-d

  • michelle detorie
  • juliet cook
  • flint area writers
  • maria damon
  • julie carter
  • linda lee crosfield
  • lorna dee cervantes
  • roberto cavallera
  • abigail child
  • jackie clark
  • cheryl clark
  • natalia cecire
  • CRB
  • cleveland poetics
  • jennifer k. dick
  • lyle daggett

ars poetica: the blogs e-h

  • bernardine evaristo
  • Free Minds Book Club
  • jessica goodfellow
  • liz henry
  • ghosts of zimbabwe
  • carrie etter
  • herstoria
  • jane holland
  • julie r. enszer
  • Gabriela M.
  • maureen hurley
  • joy harjo
  • amanda hocking
  • hayaxk (ՀԱՅԱՑՔ)
  • jeannine hall gailey
  • joy garnett
  • elizabeth glixman
  • human writes
  • maggie may ethridge
  • elisa gabbert
  • pamela hart
  • carol guess
  • sarah wetzel fishman

ars poetica: the blogs i-l

  • megan kaminski
  • sandy longhorn
  • charmi keranen
  • amy king
  • a big jewish blog
  • lesley jenike
  • miriam levine
  • las vegas poets organization
  • donna khun
  • lesbian poetry archieves
  • irene latham
  • renee liang
  • diane lockward
  • kennifer kilgore-caradec
  • IEPI
  • language hat
  • maggie jochild
  • gene justice
  • Kim Whysall-Hammond
  • meg johnson
  • emily lloyd
  • dick jones
  • joy leftow
  • Jaya Avendel
  • sheryl luna
  • laila lalami

ars poetica: the blogs m-o

  • Nanny Charlotte
  • january o'neil
  • heather o'neill
  • mlive: michigan poetry news
  • sharanya manivannan
  • maud newton
  • michigan writers network
  • ottawa poetry newsletter
  • majena mafe
  • iamnasra oman
  • the malaysian poetic chronicles
  • nzepc
  • My Poetic Side
  • sophie mayer
  • motown writers
  • michigan writers resources
  • caryn mirriam-goldberg
  • marion mc cready
  • michelle mc grane
  • adrienne j. odasso
  • new issues poetry & prose
  • wanda o'connor

ars poetica: the blogs p-r

  • split this rock
  • nikki reimer
  • maria padhila
  • kristin prevallet
  • Queen Majeeda
  • helen rickerby
  • sophie robinson
  • susan rich
  • rachel phillips
  • nicole peyrafitte
  • ariana reines
  • joanna preston

ars poetica: the blogs s-z

  • switchback books
  • tuesday poems
  • Trista's Poetry
  • Stray Lower
  • ron silliman
  • scottish poetry library
  • southern michigan poetry
  • sexy poets society
  • shin yu pai
  • tim yu
  • womens quarterly conversation
  • vassilis zambaras

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • memories of my ghost sista
    • Join 44 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • memories of my ghost sista
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar