Rima L

by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
translated by H. Landman


Of what little of life is left to me
I would give the best years willingly
    to know what you said
to others about me.

And this mortal life... and of the eternal
whatever is mine, if anything is mine,
    to know what you alone
have thought of me.

De lo poco de vida que me resta
diera con gusto los mejores años,
    por saber lo que a otros
de mí has hablado.

Y esta vida mortal... y de la eterna
lo que me toque, si me toca algo,
    por saber lo que a solas
de mí has pensado.


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