The boy went wicked
hunting butterflies;
the scoundrel hunted, he gave them a kiss,
And he let them go among the roses.
By land, in a matting,
There was a sycamore;
a sun ray hits them, and from the log,
Dead, leaves flying a golden bird.
Two miracles by Jose Marti (1895)
my own translation from Spanish of a poem about a child that hunts butterflies, written by the most famous poet from Cuba, died 1895.
Danilo Lejardi, 2 months ago
Beautiful, you´ve captured teh essence of it; it ´s great to know you´re doing this marvelous job.
chord0, 2 months ago
Jose Marti has always been the most difficult writer to translate, but I think I started to like doing this, I have started a project of compiling all my translations in a book, that someday soon I hope will be ready for publication. In webook.com an Anthology of Spanish poetry is in progress now.
thank you for your encouragement
chord0