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Parting Words

After Federico García Lorca — ‘Despedida’ from ‘Trasmundo’

If I should chance to die,
the balcony stays open.

The boy there, eating oranges:
I see him from my balcony.

The reaper, harvesting the wheat:
I hear him from my balcony.

If I should chance to die,
the balcony stays open!

Federico García Lorca — ‘Despedida’ from ‘Trasmundo’

   Si muero,
dejad el balcón abierto.

   El niño come naranjas.
(Desde mi balcón lo veo.)

   El segador siega el trigo.
(Desde mi balcón lo siento.)

   ¡Si muero,
dejad el balcón abierto!