Guadarrama Range
Oh, Guadarrama Range, is it you, old friend,
that smokey blue range,
long Madrid afternoons when I used to see
your peaks painted against the blue sky?
As I ride up your steep valleys,
and ride past your sharp-honed ridges,
a thousand suns and a thousand Guadarramas
ride with me, as I go far, deep into you.
——————————– On the Balsain road, 1911
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¿Eres tú, Guadarrama, viejo amigo,
la sierra gris y blanca,
la sierra de mis tardes madrileñas
que yo veía en el azul pintada?
Por tus barrancos hondos
y por tus cumbres agrias,
mil Guadarramas y mil soles vienen,
cabalgando conmigo, a tus entrañas
——————————– Camino de Balsain, 1911
by Antonio Machado
from Times Alone
translation by Robert Bly
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