Plaza / Cruz: Hilando el copo del viento

Hilando el copo del viento (Spinning the Puff of Wind)

The palm trees are spinning,

Spinning the puff of wind

To make a fine suit

For the January Bride's moon.

The palm trees are spinning,

Spinning the puff of wind

To knit some bootees

For the newborn morning stars.

The palm trees are spinning,

Spinning the puff of wind

For the white shroud

Of my dead dreams.

Juan Bautista Plaza : from Siete canciones venezolanas (1932)

Original Spanish poem by Venezuelan poet Luís Barrios Cruz (1898-1968)

--English version ©2011, by E. Lein

No 4. Hilando el copo del viento (Excerpt--MP3)