Poet and playwright Federico García Lorca was born Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca on this day June 5, 1898 in Granada in the Andalusia community of Spain.
Of the Dark Doves
For Claudio Guillén
In the branches of the laurel tree
I saw two dark doves
One was the sun
and one the moon
Little neighbors I said
where is my grave —
In my tail said the sun
On my throat said the moon
And I who was walking
with the land around my waist
saw two snow eagles
and a naked girl
One was the other
and the girl was none
Little eagles I said
where is my grave —
In my tail said the sun
On my throat said the moon
In the branches of the laurel tree
I saw two naked doves
One was the other
and both were none
-Federico García Lorca, translated from Spanish by Sarah Arvio
