PEDRO SALINAS

2   "El alma tenías"

5      atajos          shortcuts
6      angostos        narrow
10     escala          ladder
15     tapial          wall
17     estrecha        narrow
19     franca          abierta
25     lindes          borders, edges

3   "Far West"

3      sueltos         loose
5      entorna         half closes
8      estremecida     trembling
9      revolado        fluttering
17     pisé            I trod upon
25     enterrado       buried

6   "La otra"

11     silbido         whistle, hiss
11     venenos         poison
13     bandadas        flocks
17     se estrecharon  grew tight
22     r. de pulsera   wrist watch
38     heredera        heiress
38     cómplice        accomplice
39     prueba          proof

7  "Radiador y fogata"

5      desmelenado     disheveled
6      frenesí         frenzy
6      yergues         (verbo:  erguir):  lift, raise
13     exasperas       irritar, hacer más intenso
16     chascas         snap, crack, click (tongue)
17     suspiros        sighs
20     consunción      consumption
22     sigiloso        secret, stealthy
30     recatada        modest
33     donceles        young noblemen, squires

9   "Tú vives siempre en tus actos"

3      pulsas           touch, play (Musica), explore
3      le arrancas      pull out, extract, snatch from it
14     proas            prows [de barcos]
16     desgarras        tear, rip
20     del revés        backwards
28     prodigios        wonders (maravillas)
29     descifrados      deciphered
30     te equivocaste   you erred, you made a mistake
32     encaprichó       caught your fancy


10   "Para vivir no quiero"

8      disfrazada de   disguised as
19     enterraré       I will bury
20     rótulos         labels, signs
22     encima etc.     they threw over me, covered me with
24     Y vuelto...     and having returned to the anonymity


"Primavera diaria"

2      celestes        celestial
4      corolas         corollas
5      vergel          jardín
9      quehacer        task
9      urdir           to weave (to warp)
10     rezagadas       tardy
11     recoge          gathers
12     sembrar         to sow , eg, seed
13     albor           dawn (light of dawn)
15     capullo         bud
16     estalla         bursts
17     vislumbres      glances (n)
17     fugacísimas     fugaz (swift)
18     campas          tierra sin árboles
23     corona          crowns (v)
24     alba            dawn
25     pompa           bubble (burbuja)
26     granada         madura (full grown)
28     Lo que...       the time it takes the earth
29     tallos          stems
34     desata          unleashes
36     savia           sap
38     cenit           summit, zenith
41     cría            bear, grow, produce
  

"Cero" I

3      escombrera            dump, slag heap
5      esparce               scatters
6      estalla               bursts
7      soltó                 released, let loose
10     que..le distingan     that can make out (perceive)
11     primores              delicate, exquisite beauty
13     tramas vidas          empty threads (trama = plot también)  
14     tejer                 weave
19     embuste liso          smooth lie (mentira)
22     hojas                 leaves, pages
25     vuelta                turned into
28     pompa                 bubble
29     se quiebra            se rompe
31     crujido               crack
33     pisada                footstep
38     se le vuelven         turn (become)
40     azucena               lily
40     estambres             stamen
41     colibríes             hummingbirds
42     venas                 veins
43     tierno                tender
44     doncella              maiden
56     cándida               pure white
57     arrebañados           rebaño = flock
57     corderos              lambs
58     vedijas               refers to wool
58     copos                 small tufts
67     pastizal              pasture
68     topadas               bumps (given by animal with head)
69     de bruces             face down
69     grama                 grass
76     vellones              fleece
76     dilatadas             prolonged
79     pastar                to graze
80     tréboles              clover
84     triscar               to mingle
85     retozos               frisky romps


Last Updated: Feb 18, 1999