Marriage of colors
The seawater ballad
"What are you selling,
muddy young woman?
With your breasts exposed?
Sir, I sell the water Of the seas.
What are you carrying,
dark youth Mixed with your blood?
Sir, I carry the water
Of the seas.
These saline tears,
Whence do they come, Mother?
Sir, I weap the water Of the seas.
Dear one; and this earnest
Bitterness – of what is it born?
Very bitter is the water Of the seas.
The sea
Smiles from far off
Teeth of foam
Lips of sky."
(Federico García Lorca)
