Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt - marvelous error!

Antonio Machado

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Last night, as I was sleeping,

I dreamt -- marvelous error! -
that a spring was breaking
out in my heart.
I said: Along which secret aqueduct,
Oh water, are you coming to me,
water of a new life
that I have never drunk?
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Last night, as I was sleeping,
I dreamt -- marvelous error! -
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.
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Last night, as I was sleeping,
I dreamt -- marvelous error! -
that a fiery sun was giving
light inside my heart.
It was fiery because I felt
warmth as from a hearth,
and sun because it gave light
and brought tears to my eyes.
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Last night, as I slept,
I dreamt -- marvelous error! -
that it was God I had
here inside my heart.
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Antonio Machado (1875 - 1939)
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Night in the Royal Park of Brussels - 1897

William Degouve de Nuncques
Paris, Musée d'Orsay