A Labyrinth of Narrow Streets by Antonio Machado

Antonio Machado was born in Seville in 1875 His poems are full of Mediterranean atmosphere. I especially like this one. The painting is by David Solomon. "A Labyrinth of Narrow Streets," A labyrinth of narrow streets converges on the deserted plaza. On one side the old big wall in shadowof a church in ruin; on the other the whitish adobe wall of an orchard with cypresses and palms, and before me the house, and on the house the iron grille outside the window that light blurs her placid and smiling face. I will go away. I don't wantto call at your window... Spring comes, her white dress floats in the wind of the dead plaza. She comes to burn the red roses of your bushes ... I want to see her... From Border of a Dream: Selected Poems , translated by Willis Barnstone.