Machado y Lorca

Teatro Paraguas


October 16, 2011

For Immediate release

What:

“Machado y Lorca”, a bilingual theatrical presentation of the poetry of Antonio Machado and Federico García Lorca, Spain’s two most loved poets.

When & where & how much:

Teatro Paraguas Studio

3221 Richards Lane, Santa Fe

November 11th and 12th at 8:00 pm and November 13th at 2:00 pm

$10 regular, $8 seniors & students, Sunday pay-what-you-wish

and

National Hispanic Cultural Center, Wells Fargo Theater

1701 4th NW, Albuquerque

November 18th and 19th at 8:00 pm and November 20th at 2:00 pm

Admission free


Why:

In Spain, Antonio Machado is the best loved of all poets since the Golden Age. Yet in America he is hardly known, while Federico García Lorca is a name in everyone’s mind. Both poets wrote in the first third of the twentieth century, both wrote plays and acted professionally, and both were strongly influenced by the music of Andalucía in southern Spain. Each admired the other tremendously and each died on the losing side of the Spanish civil war. Their poetry and their lives, however, differed like oil and water: one flammable, one cool. “A las cinco de la tarde” spurs our actors to passion and to action;“Caminante,no hay camino” evokes calm and quiet attention. Teatro Paraguas’ bilingual production (poems acted in the original Spanish with projected or verbal translations) makes the most of this contrast in style.

How:

Our five actors (Paola Vengoechea, Lesley Reveles, Argos MacCallum, John Camacho and Daniel Bohnhorst), with guitarist “El Niño David” Briggs, perform and sing their way through an “embodiment” of the best works of these two poets under the direction of Crawford MacCallum. Crawford says “I am thrilled to have again, as I had for our recent show,‘Jim Sagel, poeta nuevomexicano’, a cast with excellent acting skills as well as an excellent command of the Spanish language. New Mexico is a wonderful place to do this original kind of theater”. Many of Machado’s poems are performed by only one or two actors, while Lorca’s “Romances”, or ballads, are generally portrayed by ensemble acting of the entire cast. Our “theater is the poetry that rises from the page and becomes human,” in the words of Lorca.

Tickets will be available at the door. Reservations are not required but are recommended because of the intimate nature of our venues.

For reservations or information please contact Teatro Paraguas at 505-424-1601 or visit our website athttp://www.teatroparaguas.org. Questions about the show can be directed to Crawford MacCallum at 505-573-9493.

MACHADO

Anoche cuando dormía

Anoche cuando dormía


soñé ¡bendita ilusión!


que una fontana fluía


dentro de mi corazón.


Dí: ¿por qué acequia escondida,


agua, vienes hasta mí,


manantial de nueva vida


en donde nunca bebí?

Anoche cuando dormía


soñé ¡bendita ilusión! 


que una colmena tenía 


dentro de mi corazón; 


y las doradas abejas 


iban fabricando en él, 


con las amarguras viejas, 


blanca cera y dulce miel. 



Anoche cuando dormía 


soñé ¡bendita ilusión! 


que un ardiente sol lucía 


dentro de mi corazón. 


Era ardiente porque daba 


calores de rojo hogar, 


y era sol porque alumbraba 


y porque hacía llorar. 



Anoche cuando dormía 


soñé ¡bendita ilusión! 


que era Dios lo que tenía 


dentro de mi corazón.


Last night while I was sleeping

Last night while I was sleeping

I dreamed - blessed illusion! -

that a fountain was flowing

in the depths of my heart.

Tell me what hidden acequia,

water, brings you to me

with a spring of new life

where I never have drunk?

Last night while I was sleeping

I dreamed - blessed illusion! -

that a bee hive was humming

in the depths of my heart,

and the bright golden bees

were in there contriving

white combs and sweet honey

from all my old pains.

Last night while I was sleeping

I dreamed - blessed illusion! -

that a fiery sun was shining

in the depths of my heart.

It was fiery, because it gave off

heat from a glowing hearth;

it was the sun, because it shone with

light, and it made me weep.

Last night while I was sleeping

I dreamed - blessed illusion! -

that it was God I was holding

in the depths of my heart.


Los ojos

Cuando murió su amada


pensó en hacerse viejo
en la mansión cerrada,


solo, con su memoria y el espejo
donde ella se miraba un claro día.


Como el oro en el arca del avaro,


pensó que guardaría
todo un ayer en el espejo claro.


Ya el tiempo para él no correría.



Mas pasado el primer aniversario,


¿cómo eran--preguntó--, pardos o negros,


sus ojos? ¿Glaucos?...¿Grises?


¿Cómo eran, ¡Santo Dios!, que no recuerdo?...



Salió a calle un día


de primavera, y paseó en silencio


su doble luto, el corazón cerrado...


De una ventana en el sombrío hueco


vio unos ojos brillar. Bajó los suyos


y siguió su camino...¡Como ésos!


Her Eyes

When his beloved died


he thought he'd just grow old,


shut up in the house


alone, with her memory and the mirror


she had looked in one bright day.


Like gold in the miser's chest,


he thought he'd keep

all yesterdays in the clear mirror.


For him time's flow would cease.



But after a year had passed,


he began to wonder about her eyes:


"Were they brown or black? Or green? ...Or grey?


What were they like? Good God! I can't recall..."



One day in spring he left the house


and took his double mourning down the street


in silence, his heart shut tight...


In the dim recess of a window


he caught a flash of eyes. He lowered his


and walked right on... Like those!!


LORCA

CANCION DEL NARANJO SECO

Leñador.


Córtame la sombra.


Líbrame del suplicio 


de verme sin toronjas.

¿Por qué nací entre espejos?


El día me da vueltas.


Y la noche me copia


en todas sus estrellas.

Quiero vivir sin verme.


Y hormigas y vilanos,


soñaré que son mis


hojas y mis pájaros.

Leñador.


Córtame la sombra.


Líbrame del suplicio


de verme sin toronjas.

SONG OF THE BARREN ORANGE TREE

Woodcutter,

cut down my shadow.

Free me from the torment

of seeing myself fruitless.

Why was I born among mirrors?

Day turns round and round me

and night copies me

with all her stars.

I want to live invisible

and dream

that ants and milkweed

are my leaves and birds.

Woodcutter,

cut down my shadow.

Free me from the torment

of seeing myself fruitless.

BALADILLA DE LOS TRES RIOS

El río Guadalquivir


va entre naranjos y olivos.


Los dos ríos de Granada


bajan de la nieve al trigo.

¡Ay, amor,


que se fue y no vino!

El río Guadalquivir


tiene las barbas granates.


Los dos ríos de Granada


uno llanto y otro sangre.

¡Ay, amor,


que se fue por el aire!

Para los barcos de vela,


Sevilla tiene un camino;


por el agua de Granada


sólo reman los suspiros.

¡Ay, amor,


que se fue y no vino!

Guadalquivir, alta torre


y viento en los naranjales.


Dauro y Genil, torrecillas


muertas sobre los estanques.

¡Ay, amor,


que se fue por el aire!

¡Quién dirá que el agua lleva


un fuego fatuo de gritos!

¡Ay, amor,


que se fue y no vino!

Lleva azahar, lleva olivas,


Andalucía, a tus mares.

¡Ay, amor,


que se fue por el aire!

BALLAD OF THE THREE RIVERS

The river Guadalquivir

flows between orange and olive trees.

The two rivers of Granada

descend from snow to wheat.

Oh love

that left and did not return!

The river Guadalquivir

has garnet whiskers.

The two rivers of Granada:

one of tears, the other of blood.

Oh love

that left through the air!

Seville has a road

for sailing-boats;

only sighs row

on the waters of Granada.

Oh love

that left and did not return!

Guadalquivir, high tower

and wind in the orange groves.

Dauro and GeniI, little towers

dead in the reflecting pools.

Oh love

that left through the air!

Who would guess that the water carries

a will-o'-the-wisp of shouts!

Oh love

that left and did not return.

It carries olives and orange blossoms,

Andalusia, to your seas.

Oh love

that left through the air!