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Asha Parkinson

Oct 17, 20223 min read

Romance Sonámbulo

Green, how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches. The ship out on the sea and the horse on the mountain. With the shade around her...

Asha Parkinson

Oct 9, 20221 min read

Two words/ Dos Palabras- Alfonsina Storni

Tonight at my ear you said two simple words, two words tired of being said. words so old they are new. Two words so sweet that the moon...

Asha Parkinson

Oct 3, 20221 min read

I return to the South/ Vuelvo al Sur - music by Astor Piazzolla, words by Roberto Goyeneche

I return to the South As love always returns, I return to you, With my own wish, with my own fear. I carry the South, Like a heart’s...

Asha Parkinson

Sep 25, 20222 min read

¡Qué doloroso es amar! / How painful it is to love! – Joaquín Dicenta

How painful it is to love… and not be able to say it! If it’s painful to know, that life goes on like a beloved woman, who will never...

Asha Parkinson

Sep 19, 20222 min read

Delirio del incrédulo/ Delusion of the unbeliever- María Zambrano

Beneath the flower, the branch Above the flower, the star, Under the star, the wind; And beyond? Beyond, don’t you remember? only the...

Asha Parkinson

Sep 12, 20223 min read

Lluvia/ Rain - Federico Garcia Lorca

Rain has a vague secret of tenderness, some resigned and kind drowsiness a humble music awakens with her that makes the sleeping soul of...

Asha Parkinson

Sep 5, 20223 min read

Besos/ Kisses- Gabriela Mistral

There are kisses that pronounce themselves the guilty verdict of love there are kisses that are given with the eyes there are kisses that...