Poetry in Spanish & Translation

PROGRAM

Poetry of Spanish speaking cultures. Jannou W. Jaxtheimer and Freddy Niagara Fonseca read great poems by Neruda, Paz, Lorca, Borges, Jiménez, Bécquer and others in Spanish and translation, Saturday, June 4th, 8 PM at Revelations

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer: ¿Qué es poesía?--What is poetry?--Spain

Pablo Neruda: De noche, amada--By Night, Love--Chile

Miguel de Unamuno: Castilla--Castile--Spain

Juan Ramón Jiménez: ¡Alegría!--Joy!--Spain

Jorge Luis Borges: Acevedo--Acevedo--Argentina

Octavio Paz: Peatón--Pedestrian--Mexico

Juan Ramón Jiménez: La transparencia, Dios--Transparency, God--Spain

Jorge Guillén: La inminencia--The Imminence--Spain

Ramón Lopez Velarde: Mientras muere la tarde . . .--In the Dying Afternoon--Mexico

Jorge Debravo: Lechos de purificacíon--Beds of Purification--Costa Rica

Federico Garcia Lorca: La guitarra--The Guitar--Spain

Pablo Neruda: Amor, cuántos caminos--Love, What a Long Way--Chile

Antonio Machado: Rosa de fuego--Rose of Fire--Spain

Alfonsina Storni: La caricia perdida--The Lost Caress--Argentina

Amado Nervo: Cobardia--Cowardice--Mexico

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer: Las golondrinas--The Swallows--Spain

Octavio Paz: Palpar--Touch--Mexico

Pablo Neruda: Oda al gato--Ode To the Cat--Chile

Jorge Luis Borges: Las cosas--Plain Things--Argentina

Rosalía de Castro: El tiempo pasa--Life Passes By--Spain

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer: Los invisibles átomos--The Invisible Atoms--Spain

Juan Ramón Jiménez: En igualdad segura--In Equal Assurance of Expression--Spain

Pablo Neruda: No te amo como si fueras--I Do Not Love You--Chile

Octavio Paz: La ciudad se despliega--The City Unfolds--Mexico

Jorge Gaitan Duran: Se juntan desnudos--They Unite Naked--Colombia

Freddy Niagara Fonseca: Tango en Buenos Aires--Tango in Buenos Aires--Curacao

José Asunción Silva: Anoche, estando solo--Midnight Dreams--Colombia

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer: Yo me he asomado--I Have Been Mystified--Spain

Pablo Neruda: Para mi corazón--For My Heart--Chile

Eduardo Carranza: Azul de ti--Azure Because of You--Colombia

Delmira Agustini: La noche entró en la sala--The Night Came In--Uruguay

Juan Ramón Jiménez: Yo no soy yo--I Am Not I--Spain

St Teresa of Avila: Nada te turbe--God Alone Is Enough--Spain

Juan Ramón Jiménez: Con un sello que no cierra--With a Seal That Does Not--Spain

Jorge Guillén: Noche nuestra, noche ajena--Intimate, Alien Night--Spain

Pablo Neruda: Amo el trozo de tierra--I Love the Handful--Chile

Enrique González Martínez: Mañana los poetas--Tomorrow the Poets--Mexico

Please note that because of a tornado warning blowing towards Fairfield at 60 mph, we had to stop short in Gustavo Adolfo Becquer's poem, Yo me ha asomado.

That and the remaining poems will be performed in another Spanish poetry event sometime next year.

Poetry in Spanish & Translation

Poetry in Spanish and Translation, Saturday, June 4, 2005, 8 PM, Revelations Bookstore, 112 North Main, Fairfield, Iowa

The poetry of the Spanish speaking cultures is extremely varied and sensually beautiful, ranging to the deeply mystical. Some of the greatest poets in the world such as Neruda, Paz, Jiménez, Guillén, Lorca, Borges, Bécquer, Machado wrote poetry in Spanish.

On Saturday, June 4 at 8 PM, Freddy Niagara Fonseca and Jannou W. Jaxtheimer present some fascinating poetry from Chile, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Uruguay, and Mexico in the ongoing Candlelight Reading Series at Revelations Bookstore, 112 North Main, Fairfield, Iowa.

Jannou will read each poem in Spanish and Freddy reads each in translation. Hearing the poems side by side, with the musicality of the Spanish language intact, presents a unique opportunity for the listener. Here is a great chance for southeast Iowa audiences to hear a wide selection of poems written in Spanish along with the translations in English. Admission is free.