Federico Garcia Lorca

Spanish poet (the main character in the opera,"Ainadamar"--The opera was pretty good by the way too. I only had a few problems with it.)

Ditty of First Desire

In the green morning,
I wanted to be a heart.
A heart.

And in the ripe evening
I wanted to be a nightingale.
A nightingale.

(Soul,
turn orange-colored.
Soul,
turn the color of love.)

In the vivid morning
I wanted to be myself.
A heart.

And at the evening's end
I wanted to be my voice.
A nightingale.

Soul,
turn orange-colored.
Soul,
turn the color of love.