Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Rima 40 - Translation by MEEEEEE

From Gustavo Adolfo Becquer’s Rimas

Rima 40

Asomaba a sus ojos una lágrima
y a mi labio una frase de perdón.
Habló el orgullo y se enjugó su llanto,
y la frase en mis labios expiró.

Yo voy por un camino; ella, por otro;
pero al pensar en nuestro mutuo amor,
yo digo aún: ¿por qué callé aquel día?,
y ella dirá: ¿por qué no lloré yo?

Rhyme 40

A tear seeped from her eyes
And from my lips, an appeal for forgiveness.
Her pride spoke and wiped her tears,
And the appeal from my lips died.

I take one path; she, the other;
But in thinking of our mutual love,
I still say: Why were you silent that day?
And she will say: Why didn’t I cry?

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