JOSE HIERRO



6. "Para un esteta"

5. acaso perhaps 6. ronda hangs about 7. hermanadas bound together 8. socavando undermining 9. talla chisels 9. dispone prepares 14. brota springs up 15. no sacias you don't slake, satisfy 18. nombras you name, you give a name to 19. Mi Obra My Work 21. diques dikes 23. comulgar con commune with 24. alzar raise up 24. vallas fences, barriers 25. te pertenece belongs to you 25. afluente flowing 25. arroyo stream 26. cauce bed (of river) 26. desembocan empty into, flow into 27. hechos (made), turned into 27. os verteis you pour into 30. hacer mole hacer moler: make it grind 30. muela millstone

8. "Canto a Espana"

3. clavel carnation 4. quebrarse break (be broken up) 5. descalzos sin zapatos 6. latido pulse 7. se llevan are carried off 7. murallas ramparts (walls surrounding cities) 8. nieblas mists 8. circundando de encircling with 8, cintura waist 9. errantes wandering 9. pudren pudrir: to rot 11. talar cut down 11. ceniza ash 11. resecas parched (re- = muy) 12. hazanas deeds 13. erguirme erguirse (levantarse) 14. peso weight 16. asistir a attend, be present at 18. hachazo axe blow 18. hiende hender: to split, cleave 18. troncos tree trunks 18. llaga wound 21. alamo poplar 22. dorar (still controlled by "Los veo") dorar: to gild, make golden 22. abrasa abrasar: to burn 22. corteza crust, skin, exterior 24. visten de duelo they are dressed in mourning 24. a cuestas on their backs 24. acabamiento end, finish, ruin 25. impasibles impassively 28. te hundias hundirse: to sink 28. navio maldito accursed or evil ship 29. borrada tu estela with your wake line erased 34. cofre chest (donde guardar cosas)

11. "Requiem"

1. natural native 2. ha fallecido fallecer: morir 5. tendido laid out 12. cirios candles 15. camarote cabin 19. termino end 20. grua crane (construction) 21, esquela funeral notice 25. se aroma is perfumed 25. romero rosemary (plentiful in Spanish countryside) 26. tallado tallar: to chisel, sculpt 27. empapado de soaked in 33. marmol marble (slab) 34. pastan graze 36. caja box 37. huele a smells like 37. abetos firs 40 arrancaron a yanked out of 44 pagaron G o M G or M paid for 45. cumbres heights 46. garras de aguila eagle claws 51. fecundaron fertilized, made fertile 52. empapaban de they soaked it in 54. se mutilaba was mutilated 55. velaban velar: to watch over (as in a wake) 59. borrado effaced 60. papagayo parrot 64. hace mucho tiempo que has been dying for a long time 65 de anonimo anonymously 65. (de) cordura (from) sanity: Con cordura = sensibly, prudently. 66. locuras desgarradoras heartrending madnesses 67. acuchilla slashes (with knife) 68. pellejos de vino wineskins (vessels made of goat skins) 68. derrama spills 91. Sin vuelo without any flight (high-sounding language) 95. a punto de about to