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Si Tu Me Olvidas

Let’s not postpone enjoying poetry until we have time for poetry. Make time instead. This one is by Pablo Neruda. Si Tu Me Olvidas Quiero que sepas una cosa.

 Tú sabes cómo es esto: si miro la luna de cristal, la rama roja del lento otoño en mi ventana, si toco junto al fuego la […]

Nocturno a Rosario

I listened to Librivox’s first collection of Spanish poetry last night, even though I have very little Spanish. Mostly to hear the way the language fits together, and to feel the cadence of their speech. I especially liked one poem on first listen, Manuel Acuña’s Nocturno a Rosario (mp3). The translation doesn’t impress me—though, to […]