“Recuerdos” (Memories) by Juan Ramón Jiménez
Secret memories
not on the road
of our other memories!
Memories, that one night,
suddenly, come alive,
like a rose in the desert,
like a star at noon
—the stronger burning in this cold nothingness—
landmarks of the best
life a man has,
which is hardly lived at all!
Path dry
day after day;
then the miracle, suddenly,
an amazing springtime,
memories returned from the past!