Hinojo, serpiente y junco Aroma, rastro y penumbra aire, tierra y soledad
(La escala llega a la luna)
"Nocturno Esquematico" by Federico Garcia Lorca. If I had to pick just one of those lines, it'd be the last one. It made me laugh when I asked my mother to translate for me, but she made me understand what a metaphor was afterward, and I should always aim high.
I had to go through my poetry collection for this. I forgot how much I loved Lorca
Aroma, rastro y penumbra
aire, tierra y soledad
(La escala llega a la luna)
"Nocturno Esquematico" by Federico Garcia Lorca. If I had to pick just one of those lines, it'd be the last one. It made me laugh when I asked my mother to translate for me, but she made me understand what a metaphor was afterward, and I should always aim high.