AN IRRIGATED PARADISE
The water shakes the leaf
With a jet of sound,
Illumines the green, which steep
In radiance.
What a scent
Of rough, immediate earth!
So, by a cloudless firmament
Am I thrown here, and bound
To this retreat, where I retire
To breathe pure air, to conspire
With my Adam most innocent.
Jorge Guillén
Translated by Reginald Gibbons