Balcón / Federico García Lorca

Balcón

La Lola
canta saetas.
Los toreritos
la rodean,
y el barberillo
desde su puerta,
sigue los ritmos
con la cabeza.
Entre la albahaca
y la hierbabuena,
la Lola canta
saetas.
La Lola aquella,
que se miraba
tanto en la alberca.

Federico García Lorca

(Poema del cante jondo, 1921)





Balcony

Lola
is singing saetas.
The little bullfighters
circle around her;
and the little barber,
from his doorway,
follows the rhythm
with his head.
Among sweet basil
and mint,
Lola is singing
saetas.
That Lola,
who would look at herself
so much in the pool.

Federico García Lorca

(Poem of the Deep Song, 1921)

Translated by Carlos Bauer





Balcony

Lola
sings saetas.
The little bullfighters
circle around her
and the little barber,
from his doorway,
follows the rhythms
with his head.
Between the sweet basil
and the mint,
Lola sings
saetas.
That same Lola
who looked so long
at herself in the pool.

Federico García Lorca

(Poem of the Deep Song, 1921)

Translated by W. S. Merwin





Balkon

Lola
saetalar söylüyor.
Sarıyor etrafını
küçük boğa güreşçileri,
küçük berber de
başını sallayarak
eşlik ediyor ona.
Lola
saetalar söylüyor
fesleğenler
naneler arasında.
Hep aynı Lola,
kendine
bakıp duran havuzda.

Federico García Lorca

(Cante Jondo Şiiri, 1921)

Çeviri: Erdal Alova

Photo by Faye Yerbury