newyorkette

This tree on the southeast end of the Great Lawn in Central Park, just across from Turtle Pond, is always the first to turn colors in autumn, and the first to bloom in the Spring.

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Autumn, once again.
And what does the Autumn want?
The coolness from your brow.
I don’t want to give it to you.
I want to take it from you.

Knock, knock.
Who is it?
Autumn, once again.

Cancion, Federico Garcia Lorca, Madrid, 1933 (unofficial translation, by me)

Posted Thursday, September 21st, 2006 at 5:59 am under etc.. Feel free to trackback from your own site. All images on newyorkette.com are the intellectual property of Carolita Johnson, and you must ask (and receive) express permission to use them or reproduce them in any way whatsoever.