Storni, Alfonsina: I Am Going To Sleep (Voy a dormir in English)
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Voy a dormir (Spanish)Dientes de flores, cofia de rocío, Voy a dormir, nodriza mía, acuéstame. Déjame sola: oyes romper los brotes… para que olvides… Gracias. Ah, un encargo:
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I Am Going To Sleep (English)Teeth of flowers, hairnet of dew, hands of herbs, you, perfect wet nurse, prepare the earthly sheets for me and the down quilt of weeded moss.
I am going to sleep, my nurse, put me to bed. Set a lamp at my headboard; a constellation; whatever you like; all are good: lower it a bit.
Leave me alone: you hear the buds breaking through… a celestial foot rocks you from above and a bird traces a pattern for you
so you'll forget… Thank you. Oh, one request: if he telephones again tell him not to keep trying for I have left…
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