VENUS
So I saw you
The young girl dead
in the seashell of the bed,
naked of flowers and breezes
rose in the light unending.
The world was left behind,
lily of cotton and shadows,
revealing in crystal panes
the infinite transit’s coming.
The young girl dead,
ploughed love inside.
Among the foaming sheets
her hair was wasted.

Federico García Lorca
Translation by A. S. Kline