A una pobre anciana

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mordisqueando una ciruela en

la calle una bolsa de papel

llena de ellas en la mano

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Le sabe bien a ella

Le saben bien

a ella. Le saben

bien a ella

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Podéis saberlo por

la manera en que se entrega

a la que tiene a medio

comer en una mano

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Confortada

una alegría de ciruelas maduras

parecería llenar el aire

Le saben bien a ella.

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–

To a poor old woman

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munching a plum on

the street a paper bag

of them in her hand 

–

They taste good to her

They taste good

to her. They taste

good to her

–

You can see it by

the way she gives herself

to the one half

sucked out in her hand 

–

Comforted 

a solace of ripe plums 

seeming to fill the air

They taste good to her

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William Carlos Williams

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To a poor old woman

From Collected Poems: 1939-1962

Volume II by William Carlos Williams

published by New Directions Publishing Corp.

© 1962 by William Carlos Williams

Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.

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