Take this Waltz

Leonard Cohen (21 September 1934 – 7 November 2016)
Federico García Lorca (5 Juni 1898 – 19 August 1936)

Nectarious Night

And I'll dance with you in Vienna
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder,
My mouth on the dew of your thighs . . .

Mo(o)nday Poetry

Cuando sale la luna
se pierden las campanas
y aparecen las sendas
impenetrables.*

* From Federico García Lorca's Canciones de luna

Mo(o)nday Poetry

Colmena
iVivimos en celdas
de cristal,
en colmena de aire!
Nos besamos a través
de cristal.
iMaravillosa cárcel,
cuya puerta
es la luna!
- - -
Beehive
We live in cells
of crystal
in a beehive of air!
We are kissing each other
through crystal.*
Wonderful prison,
the door of which
is the moon!

* cristal: glass, crystal, water (poetical)

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936)

Mo(o)nday Poetry

Dice la tarde:
"Tengo sed de sombra!"
Dice la luna: "Yo, sed de luceros."
[...]
Says the afternoon:
"I'm thirsty for shadow!"
Says the moon: "I want stars."

Yo tengo sed de aromas y de risas.
Sed de cantares nuevos
Sin lunas y sin lirios,
Y sin amores muertos.
*
I'm thirsty for scents and for laughter.
Thirsty for new songs
Without moons and without lilies,
And without dead loves.

 

Excerpt of Federico García Lorca's poem Cantos nuevo / New songs

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936)

Beers & Books LXXXIX – Federico García Lorca

The day we stop resisting our instincts,
we'll have learned how to live.

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936)

12 Temas a García Lorca

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 - 19 August 1936)

Paco Ibáñez * 20 November 1934

Muerte de un poeta

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 - 19 August 1936)

Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 - 19 August 1936)

Friday is Skyday

Colmena
iVivimos en celdas
de cristal,
en colmena de aire!
Nos besamos a través
de cristal.
iMaravillosa cárcel,
cuya puerta
es la luna!
- - -
Beehive
We live in cells
of crystal
in a beehive of air!
We are kissing each other
through crystal.*
Wonderful prison,
the door of which
is the moon!

* cristal: glass, crystal, water (poetical)

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936)

Friday is Skyday

Cuando sale la luna
se pierden las campanas
y aparecen las sendas
impenetrables.*

From Federico García Lorca's Canciones de luna

Luna llena

Dice la tarde:
"Tengo sed de sombra!"
Dice la luna: "Yo, sed de luceros."
[...]
Says the afternoon:
"I'm thirsty for shadow!"
Says the moon: "I want stars."

Yo tengo sed de aromas y de risas.
Sed de cantares nuevos
Sin lunas y sin lirios,
Y sin amores muertos.
*
I'm thirsty for scents and for laughter.
Thirsty for new songs
Without moons and without lilies,
And without dead loves.

Excerpt of Federico García Lorca's poem Cantos nuevo / New songs

Romancero gitano

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936)

00:10 1 Romance de la luna, luna
01:48 2 Preciosa y el aire
04:15 3 Reyerta
05:49 4 Romance sonámbulo
09:18 5 La monja gitana
10:46 6 La casada infiel
13:04 7 Romance de la pena negra
14:58 8 San Miguel (Granada)
17:02 9 San Rafael (Córdoba)
19:04 10 San Gabriel (Sevilla)
21:54 11 Prendimiento de Antoñito el Camborio en el camino de Sevilla
23:44 12 Muerte de Antoñito el Camborio
25:47 13 Muerto de amor
27:57 14 Romance del emplazado
30:16 15 Romance de la Guardia Civil española Tres romances históricos
35:09 16 Martirio de Santa Olalla
38:13 17 Burla de don Pedro a caballo (Romance con lagunas)
40:40 18 Thamar y Amnón

Música de fondo: Pink Flamenco - Doug Maxwell
Poesía, cuentos y narraciones en la voz de Tomás Galindo.

Huida de la Vida

Not only because
Miss J. once contributed:
a gem in my shelves.

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936)

Nectarious Night

And I'll dance with you in Vienna
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder,
My mouth on the dew of your thighs . . .