Sonnet of the Sweet Complaint, by Federico García Lorca
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Day 29 of the 2007 Fun-a-Day project with the Artclash Collective.
Sonnet of the Sweet Complaint
By Federico García Lorca, trans. John K. Walsh and Francisco AragonNever let me lose the marvel
of your statue-like eyes, or the accent
the solitary rose of your breath
places on my cheek at night.I am afraid of being, on this shore,
a branchless trunk, and what I most regret
is having no flower, pulp, or clay
for the worm of my despair.If you are my hidden treasure,
if you are my cross, my dampened pain,
if I am a dog, and you alone my master,never let me lose what I have gained,
and adorn the branches of your river
with leaves of my estranged Autumn.
- Year Created: 2007
- Media
- digital graphics
- standard paper
García Lorca was born June
García Lorca was born June 5, 1899, in Fuente Vaqueros, a small town a few miles from Granada in Spain. His father owned a farm in the fertile vega surrounding Granada and a comfortable villa in the heart of the city. His mother was a gifted pianist.
He was murdered at the
He was murdered at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War by persons likely affiliated with the Nationalist cause. He is thought to be one of the many victims who 'disappeared' and were executed by the Nationalists. In 2008, a Spanish judge opened an investigation of García Lorca's death and his family dropped objections to the excavation of his possible grave.
Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca (Spanish pronunciation: [feðeˈɾiko ɣarˈθia ˈlorka]) (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27.