Rimas LXVIII

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No se lo que he sonado
  En la noche pasada;
  Triste, muy triste debio ser el sueno,
  Pues despierto la angustia me duraba.

  Note, al incorporarme,
  Humeda la almohada,
  Y por primera vez senti, al notarlo,
  De un amargo placer henchirse el alma.

  Triste cosa es el sueno
  Que llanto nos arranca;
  Mas tengo en mi tristeza una alegria...
  iSe que aun me quedan lagrimas!

  I wept while I was dreaming
  That thou didst buried lie;
  I woke, and with my weeping
  My cheeks were not yet dry.

  I wept while I was dreaming
  That thou hadst gone from me;
  I woke, and still kept weeping
  Full long and bitterly.

  I wept while I was dreaming
  That thou didst love me well;
  I woke, and--woe is me, love--
  My tears are flowing still.

© Gustavo Adolfo Becquer