epicureaders

Debussy by Federico Garcia Lorca (1898- 1936), Granada, Spain

My shadow glides in silence
over the watercourse.

On account of my shadow
the frogs are deprived of stars.

My shadow moves like a huge
violet-colored mosquito.

A hundred crickets are trying
to gild the glow of the reeds.

A glow arises in my heart,
the one mirrored in the water.

From Canciones (Songs) 1921-1924.