One Spanish poem a day 6 (Spanish/English) Sinfonía en Gris Mayor - Symphony in Grey Major - Rubén Darío

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A series of daily posts with a Spanish poem in its original language and translated into English.

The objective of this initiative is to foster the growth of the Spanish speaking community in Steemit and bring high quality Spanish to Steemers all over the world.

One Spanish poem a day - Un poema al día en Español


Anteriores: 1 2 3 4 5 6


Rubén Darío


Sinfonía en Gris Mayor

El mar como un vasto cristal azogado
Refleja la lámina de un cielo de zinc;
Lejanas bandadas de pájaros manchan
El fondo bruñido de pálido gris.

El sol como un vidrio redondo y opaco
Con paso de enfermo camina al cenit;
El viento marino descansa en la sombra
Teniendo de almohada su negro clarín.

Las ondas que mueven su vientre de plomo
Debajo del muelle parecen gemir.
Sentado en un cable, fumando su pipa,
Está un marinero pensando en las playas
De un vago, lejano, brumoso país.

Es viejo ese lobo. Tostaron su cara
Los rayos de fuego del sol del Brasil;
Los recios tifones del mar de la China
Le han visto bebiendo su frasco de gin.

La espuma impregnada de yodo y salitre
Ha tiempo conoce su roja nariz,
Sus crespos cabellos, sus biceps de atleta,
Su gorra de lona, su blusa de dril.

En medio del humo que forma el tabaco
Ve el viejo el lejano, brumoso país,
A donde una tarde caliente y dorada
Tendidas las velas partió el bergantín.

La siesta del trópico. El lobo se aduerme.
Ya todo lo envuelve la gama del gris.
Parece que un suave y enorme esfumino
Del curvo horizonte borrara el confín.

La siesta del trópico. La vieja cigarra
Ensaya su ronca guitarra senil,
Y el grillo preludia un solo monótono
En la única cuerda que está en su violín.


Symphony in Grey Major

The sea like a vast silvered mirror
reflects the sky like a sheet of zinc;
distant flocks of birds make stains
on the burnished pale grey background.

The sun, like a round, opaque window
with an invalid's steps climbs to the zenith;
the sea wind relaxes in the shade
using its black trumpet as a pillow.

The waves that move their leaden bellies
seem to moan beneath the pier.
Sitting on a cable, smoking his pipe,
is a sailor thinking of the beaches
of a vague, distant, misty land.

This sea-dog is old. The fiery beams
of Brazilian sun have tanned his face;
the wild typhoons of the China sea
have seen him drinking his bottle of gin.

The iodine and saltpetre foam
long has known his ruddy nose,
his curly hair, athletic biceps,
his canvas cap, his blouse of drill.

Surrounded by tobacco smoke
the old man sees the far off misty land
for which one hot and golden evening
his brig set out with all sails set ...

The siesta of the tropics. The sea-dog sleeps.
Now the shades of grey enfold him.
It is as if an enormous soft charcoal
rubbed out the lines of the horizon's arc.

The siesta of the tropics. The old cicada
tries out his senile, raucous guitar
and the cricket strikes up a monotonous solo
on the single string of his violin.


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6. Si tú me olvidas - If your forget me - Pablo Neruda

5. Juegos de agua - Dulce María Loynaz

4. Al olmo viejo - Antonio Machado

3. Donde habita el olvido - Luis Cernuda

2. Shinto - Jorge Luis Borges

1. Juventud/Youth - Pablo Neruda

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You choose great poems for this

yes, excellent choice of poems... will read them all

Thank you... I'm glad you like them!