Silencio de cal y mirto.
\n[Silence of lime and myrtle.]
\nMalvas en las hierbas finas.
\n[Mallows in slenders grasses.]
\nLa monja borda alhel\u00edes
\n[The nun embroiders wallflowers]
\nsobre una tela pajiza.
\n[on a straw-coloured cloth.]
\nVuelan en la ara\u00f1a gris,
\n[In the chandelier, fly]
\nsiete p\u00e1jaros del prisma.
\n[seven prismatic birds.]
\nLa iglesia gru\u00f1e a lo lejos
\n[The church grunts in the distance]
\ncomo un oso panza arriba.
\n[like a bear belly upwards.]
\n\u00a1Qu\u00e9 bien borda! \u00a1Con qu\u00e9 gracia!
\n[How she sews! With what grace!]
\nSobre la tela pajiza,
\n[On the straw-coloured cloth]
\nella quisiera bordar
\n[she wants to embroider]
\nflores de su fantas\u00eda.
\n[the flowers of her fantasy.]
\n\u00a1Qu\u00e9 girasol! \u00a1Qu\u00e9 magnolia
\n[What sunflowers! What magnolias]
\nde lentejuelas y cintas!
\n[of sequins and ribbons!]
\n\u00a1Qu\u00e9 azafranes y qu\u00e9 lunas,
\n[What crocuses and moons]
\nen el mantel de la misa!
\n[on the cloth over the altar!]
\nCinco toronjas se endulzan
\n[Five grapefruit sweeten]
\nen la cercana cocina.
\n[in the nearby kitchen.]
\nLas cinco llagas de Cristo
\n[The five wounds-of-Christ]
\ncortadas en Almer\u00eda.
\n[cut in Almer\u00eda.]
\nPor los ojos de la monja
\n[Through the eyes of the nun]
\ngalopan dos caballistas.
\n[two horsemen gallop.]
\nUn rumor \u00faltimo y sordo
\n[A last quiet murmur]
\nle despega la camisa,
\n[takes off her camisole.]
\ny al mirar nubes y montes
\n[And gazing at clouds and hills]
\nen las yertas lejan\u00edas,
\n[in the strict distance,]
\nse quiebra su coraz\u00f3n
\n[her heart of sugar]
\nde az\u00facar y yerbaluisa.
\n[and verbena breaks.]
\n\u00a1Oh!, qu\u00e9 llanura empinada
\n[Oh what a high plain]
\ncon veinte soles arriba.
\n[with twenty suns above it!]
\n\u00a1Qu\u00e9 r\u00edos puestos de pie
\n[What standing rivers]
\nvislumbra su fantas\u00eda!
\n[her fantasy sees setting!]
\nPero sigue con sus flores,
\n[But she goes on with her flowers,]
\nmientras que de pie, en la brisa,
\n[while standing, in the breeze,]
\nla luz juega el ajedrez
\n[the light plays chess]
\nalto de la celos\u00eda.
\n[high in the lattice-window.]<\/p>\n