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Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
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“Volverán las oscuras golondrinas en tu balcón sus nidos a colgar, y otra vez con el ala a sus cristales jugando llamarán;pero aquellas que el vuelo refrenaban tu hermosura y mi dicha al contemplar, aquellas que aprendieron nuestros nombres, ésas... ¡no volverán!”
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Las golondrinas ("The Swallows"), as translated by John A. Crow in An Anthology of Spanish Poetry (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979), p. 130
“The dusky swallows in thy balcony To build their nests again will come; again, With friendly wing, beat, clamoring joyously, Against thy window-pane.But they that paused, forgetful to pursue Their flight, thy beauty and my bliss before, To whom our names a sound familiar grew,— They will come back no more.”
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nevermore" by Mary J. Serrano, in The Critic, Vol. IV, No. 101 (December 5, 1885), p. 271
“Those sombre-hued swallows again will stray To thy balcony, love, there to build them a nest; As they fly to and fro in a vague unrest They will call to thee, call to thee at their play.But those who lingered our names to learn, To drink in the sweetness of all they saw— My bliss and thy beauty without a flaw— They will never return, they will never return.”
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Poems of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer (1891), trans. Mason Carnes (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1891), p. 58
“They will return, the dark-winged swallows, To build their nest under your balcony, And once again, flitting against your window, Will call you playfully;—But those who used to stop their rapid flight, love, To gaze upon your beauty and my joy,— The ones who seemed to call us by our names, love, These—will return no more!”
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Once" by Ellen Watson, in Travelers Record, Vol. XXVIII, No. 7 (October, 1892), p. 4
“The dusky swallows will return again, Their love-songs in thy balcony to sing, And once again will beat thy window-pane With restless, fluttering wing.But those same swallows that restrained their flight, That lingered lovingly in years before, To contemplate thy charms and my delight— Those will return no more.”
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anonymous translation in The Equitable Record, No. 91 (February, 1893), p. 4
“The dusky swallows will return again To build their nests upon your balcony, Flutter their pinions at your window-pane And, seeking entrance, greet you playfully.But, those same birds, who used to pause in flight To marvel at your beauty and to yearn For bliss like mine; who knew our names and sight Those birds, alas, will not again return.”
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870) said by 1870 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The "Rimas" of Gustavo A. Becquer, trans. Jules Renard (Boston: The Gorham Press, 1908), p. 55