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One of the great love stories is the marriage of Spanish poets, Zenobia Camprubí and Juan Ramón Jiménez. This poem by Jiménez is sublime and fluid while my translation doggy paddles. Focus on the Spanish.
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Mar Ideal
Los dos vamos nadando
-agua de flores o de hierro-
por nuestras dobles vidas.
-Yo, por la mía y por la tuya;
tú, por la tuya y por la mía-.
De pronto, tú te ahogas en tu ola,
yo en la mía; y, sumisas,
tu ola, sensitiva, me levanta,
te levanta la mía, pensativa.
Ideal Sea
We both go swimming
—water of flowers or iron—
through our double lives
—I through mine and yours
You through yours and mine—
You drown in your wave suddenly
and I in mine. Submissively
your sensitive wave lifts me
as mine lifts you pensively
Swimmers by Paul Divone
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In terms of delicate musicality and poignancy, it rivals and calls to mind some of Paul Verlaine’s poems.