Translation:The Street in the Shadows. The Tall Old Houses Hide

The Street in the Shadows. The Tall Old Houses Hide (La calle en sombra. Ocultan los altos caserones) (1907)
by Antonio Machado, translated from Spanish by Wikisource
2009397The Street in the Shadows. The Tall Old Houses Hide (La calle en sombra. Ocultan los altos caserones)1907Antonio Machado

 

The Street in the shadows. The tall old houses hide
the dying sun; there are echoes of light at the balconies.
   Don’t you see, in the charm of the ornate window,
the ruddy oval of a familiar face?
   The image, through the somewhat-reflecting glass,
arises or dims like an old daguerrotype.
   There’s only the sound of your step on the street;
the echoes of the sunset slowly extinguish.
   Oh, anuish! My heart weighs on me and hurts... Is it her?
It can’t be... She walks... In the blue, the star.

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