Spanish Poetry #47: Fragment of ‘Poema de amor' by  Joan Manuel Serrat
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Spanish Poetry #47: Fragment of ‘Poema de amor' by Joan Manuel Serrat

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Joan Manuel Serrat is a singer-songwriter, composer, writer and poet whose songs became a reference point in the Spanish political transition from Franco's dictatorship to democracy.

She loved me so much

I'm still in love

Together we go through

Longing from the past

She, how could I tell you

She was my light and my reason

When in the fire burned

Only words of love

Words of love, simple and tender

That we first took to the air

We barely had time to learn them

We were just waking up from childhood

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Portrait of Joan Manuel Serrat. Source: 20minutos.es

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