Friday, May 29, 2009




Last night, as I was sleeping

Last night, as I was sleeping,
I dreamt -- marvelous error!—

that a spring was breaking
out in my heart.
I said: Along which secret aqueduct,

Oh water, are you coming to me,
water of a new life that I have never drunk?

Last night, as I was sleeping,

I dreamt -- marvelous error!—

that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.

Last night, as I was sleeping,

I dreamt -- marvelous error!—

that a fiery sun was giving light inside my heart.
It was fiery because I felt
warmth as from a hearth, and sun because it gave light and brought tears to my eyes.

Last night, as I slept,

I dreamt -- marvelous error!—

that it was God I had
here inside my heart.

Antonio Machado, Antonio Machado poetry, [TRADITION], [TRADITION] poetry, [TRADITION SUB1] poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, [TRADITION2] poetry
Antonio Machado

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