Rima XCVII

by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
translated by H. Landman


Those grumbles of the piano
given off at intervals,
sleepy sirens
that evoke your white hand,
do not spread their melancholy sound
through the air in vain;
because in the secret mansion
where my passion is hidden,
to each note responds
an echo of the heart.
Esas quejas del piano
a intervalos desprendidas,
sirenas adormecidas
que evoca tu blanca mano,
no esparcen al aire en vano
el melancólico son;
pues de la oculta mansión
en que mi pasión se esconde,
a cada nota responde
un eco del corazón.


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