City That Does Not Sleep Comments

This translation is by Robert Bly, and published by Beacon Press in Selected Poems: Lorca and Jiménez.

One of the greatest poems of Lorca. On the fathomless pit that life is! On the agonies of meaningless existence! Thank you PoemHunter, for showcasing this poignant profound poem, that sparked a new line of poetry

Loveliest worded, the sound of melancholy is dominating here, but straight words is also alive. Congrats being chosen as The Classical Poem Of The Day.5 Stars

Hi does anyone know who translated this

Nobody is sleeping in the sky. Nobody, nobody. Nobody is sleeping. If someone does close his eyes, a whip, boys, a whip! Let there be a landscape of open eyes and bitter wounds on fire. great write 10++++

Amazing poetry by the talented writer. The words alive and filled with the energy of the city.

I read a few and so far it is really good poetry

I love poems 😇😇😇 lol

Nobody is sleeping in the sky. Nobody, nobody. Nobody is sleeping. If someone does close his eyes, a whip, boys, a whip! Let there be a landscape of open eyes and bitter wounds on fire. No one is sleeping in this world. No one, no one. I have said it before. BEAUTIFULLY SAID CANT SAY IT ANY MORE THANKS FOR SHARING

May be some ideas having such resemblance of inner struggles the theme of the poem not well understood.

I'm throwing in the idea that maybe Federico Garcia Lorca, considering his rebellious liberal views, constructed this poem to warn a certain political party or group of followers. He's telling them to not sleep, or be unaware, because there is still danger of prosecution in their wake. Evidence for this includes the fact that he says Does Not Sleep rather than Doesnt which implies that it's an order and not just a fluffy poem. Also, lines 25-29 (One day, The horses will live in saloons...) suggests an attack plan to followers in a code that uses animals as code names. Just a thought.

Who was the translator of this version of City That Does Not Sleep?

This poem arouses a restless storm...but then nothing ever sleeps in the universe...everything changes and evolving...

slightly confusing for me... i can only assume he is comparing humans to creatures as he sees that they are not happy comfortable and behaving in a fitting manor, it sounds much like a hieronymus Bosch painting.... Hell on earth maybe....tyvm karen