TE19 Iberian Adventure

El Colombiario

Elegy for the Flowers

Beside the river men rose up (orchids) along the Aburrá valley flowers paraded (..., roses) and that eternal thick-lipped spring (…, sempervivum) flattering the haughty houses (..., bougainvillea) and fooling the mountains (..., astromelias) as if it was forgotten that over there on the heights (…, pansies) the cold hangs around. Already a crowd of peasants bloomed (..., gladioli) with their horses, their ponchos, their hats (..., sunflowers) in devout toil (..., lilies) and watering with hymns (... hyacinths) the fertile lands (... jasmine) of Señora Medellín.

An avalanche of mourners (..., night-flowering jasmine)

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