Luis Cernuda Bidón: Offering

Luis Cernuda (born Luis Cernuda Bidón)  (1902 – 1963)

Offering                                           

So that the gods might be propitious to you

You have given the more than a garland,

Rosemary, myrtle and marjoram,

Woven to honour them in the springtime.

But, when the winter comes, where then

Will your hand be able to find the verdure,

Yours eyes a light that is free from shadows

Your love its form in a youthful body?

This poverty is pleasing to the heavens:

Leave then as an offering to the gods,

Like a live grain that is sown at seed time,

The nakedness of your desire.

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