A Poem For Today - The Wind, One Brilliant Day - El Viento, Un Día Brillante

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The Wind, One Brilliant Day

 

The wind, one brilliant day, called

to my soul with an odor of jasmine.

 

'In return for the odor of my jasmine,

I'd like all the odor of your roses.'

 

'I have no roses; all the flowers

in my garden are dead.'

 

'Well then, I'll take the withered petals

and the yellow leaves and the waters of the fountain.'

 

the wind left. And I wept. And I said to myself:

'What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?'

 

Antonio Machado

 

El Viento, Un Día Brillante

 

El viento, un día brillante, llamado

a mi alma con un olor del jazmín.

 

"en la vuelta para el olor de mi jazmín,

quisiera todo el olor de sus rosas."

 

"no tengo ninguna rosa;

todas las flores en mi jardín son muertas."

 

"bien entonces, tomaré los pétalos marchitados

 y las hojas amarillas y las aguas de la fuente."

 

el viento dejado. Y lloré. Y dije a me:

"qué le tienen hecho con el jardín que fue confiado a usted?"

 

Antonio Machado

[Fernando Aranguiz]

A beautiful poem and a great poet. I would change the words "an odor" by the words "a scent" and "the odor" with "the scent". It reads better in English...

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