Text & Translation
Tu pupila es azul
Spanish source:
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
su claridad suave me recuerda
el trémulo fulgor de la mañana
que en el mar se refleja.
Te pupila es azul y cuando lloras
las transparentes lágrimas en ella
se me figuran gotas de rocío
sobre una vïoleta.
Tu pupila es azul y si en su fondo
como un punto de luz radia una idea
me parece en el cielo de la tarde
una perdida estrella.
Your eyes are blue and when you laugh
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
their gentle radiance reminds me
of the trembling glow of dawn
reflected in the sea.
Your eyes are blue and when you weep
their transparent tears
seem to me like dew-drops
on a violet.
Your eyes are blue and if in their depths
like a point of light a thought gleams
they seem to me in the evening sky
like stars adrift.
Translation © Richard Stokes and Jacqueline Cockburn
Tu pupila es azul
Spanish source:
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Your eyes are blue and when you laugh
English source:
Richard Stokes
Tu pupila es azul y cuando ríes
Your eyes are blue and when you laugh
su claridad suave me recuerda
their gentle radiance reminds me
el trémulo fulgor de la mañana
of the trembling glow of dawn
que en el mar se refleja.
reflected in the sea.
Te pupila es azul y cuando lloras
Your eyes are blue and when you weep
las transparentes lágrimas en ella
their transparent tears
se me figuran gotas de rocío
seem to me like dew-drops
sobre una vïoleta.
on a violet.
Tu pupila es azul y si en su fondo
Your eyes are blue and if in their depths
como un punto de luz radia una idea
like a point of light a thought gleams
me parece en el cielo de la tarde
they seem to me in the evening sky
una perdida estrella.
like stars adrift.
Composer
Joaquín Turina
Joaquín Turina Pérez was a Spanish composer of classical music.
Poet
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (17 February 1836 - 22 December 1870) was a Spanish Romantic poet and writer.