Rafael Alberti. Remember Me on the High Seas

Also in Translations:

my painting for Alberti's poem Remember me in the open sea, amiga
Painting by Nina Kossman
Rafael Alberti. Remember Me on the High Seas

Remember me on the high seas,
my love, when you leave
and never return.

When the storm, my love,
drives a spear into the sail.

When the captain on watch
doesn’t move.

When the wireless
no longer understands.

When the foremast finally
is swallowed by the waves.

When you are a siren
at the bottom of the sea.

* * *

Помни меня в открытом море,
amiga, когда будешь уходить
и не вернёшься.

Когда шторм, amiga,
вобьёт в парус копьё.

Когда капитан на вахте
замрёт, как вкопанный.

Когда телеграф
перестанет принимать сигналы.

Когда фок-мачту
проглотят волны.

Когда ляжешь, как русалка,
на морское дно.

Перевод на русский Нины Косман
 

The Original

Recuérdame en alta mar,
amiga, cuando te vayas
y no vuelvas.

Cuando la tormenta, amiga,
clave un rejón en la vela.

Cuando, alerta, el capitán
ni se mueva.

Cuando la telegrafía
sin hilos ya no se entienda.

Cuando ya al palo-trinquete
se lo trague la marea.

Cuando en el fondo del mar
seas sirena.

Marinero en tierra, 44

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English translation by Jose A. Elgorriaga and Martin Paul, from “100 Poems by Rafael Alberti, ed. by Kosrof Chantikian. San Francisco, Kosmos, 1981

About the Author:

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Rafael Alberti
Spain

Rafael Alberti (16 December 1902 – 28 October 1999) was a Spanish poet. He is considered one of the greatest literary figures of the so-called Silver Age of Spanish poetry.

Rafael Alberti Nina Kossman Рафаэль Альберти Нина Косман
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