POPLARS
Poplars

This dense grove of poplar trees lines the banks of the River Cubillas. The path leads from the Fuente Vaqueros-Valderrubio road to the "La Teja" spring on the banks of the river.

 
Dulce chopo,
dulce chopo,
te has puesto
de oro.
 
Ayer estabas verde,
un verde loco
de pájaros
gloriosos.
 
Hoy estás abatido
bajo el cielo de agosto
como yo bajo el cielo
de mi espíritu rojo
(...)
Sweet poplar,
sweet poplar,
you have turned
to gold.
 
Yesterday you were green,
a mad green
of glorious
birds.
 
Today you are dejected
beneath the August sky
as I am beneath the sky
of my red passion.
(...)
 
In memoriam, agosto de 1920, de Libro de poemas.

 These poplars, photographed in the spring, are anything but "dejected" (abatido).

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