The Flower's Song

CANCION DE LA FLOR

AL PAJARITO

por Marie Delgado Travis

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¡Eres mi cielo!
¡Seamos uno con la tierra!

Arráncame con tus alas.
Quémame en el sol de tu mirada,
Mil veces bésame de terciopelo.

Desnúdame pétalo a pétalo
... hasta deshojarme.

Suaviza mis espinas.

Fundamos nuestras almas gemelas
hasta el desborde de nuestro perfume,
y nuestras lágrimas-rocío
apaguen esta sed.

Riégame con tus sueños,
Con ternura canta tu pasión,
Para que nazca en tu pecho
una flor...

Y en mí, un ruiseñor.

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THE FLOWER’S SONG
TO THE LITTLE BIRD

by Marie Delgado Travis

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You are my heaven!
Let us be one with earth!

Pluck me with your wings.
Burn me in your sun-gaze.
Cover me with a thousand
velvet kisses

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Undress me petal by petal
until I am stripped bare.

Soften my thorns.

Let us meld our twin souls
‘til our perfume overflows,
and our dewy tears
Douse this thirst.

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Sprinkle me with your dreams,
Sing tenderly your passion.
So that a flower may bloom
in your breast...

And in me,
a nightingale.

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"CANCION DE LA FLOR AL PAJARITO / THE FLOWER'S SONG TO THE LITTLE BIRD" is featured in Marie Delgado Travis' award-winning bilingual (Spanish-English) poetry book, LA VENTANA / THE WINDOW, available at online bookstores worldwide, including www.amazon.com and on her personal storefront www.lulu.com/marilu. For more information about Marie's award-winning work, please visit her web site: http://www.mariedelgadotravis.com

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