Poems of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, LX

Translated from the Spanish by Mason Carnes

From a dark corner of the mind
       Past memories
Fly to beset me, like a swarm
       Of angry bees.

Attacked, surrounded, ’tis in vain
       I try to fling.
Them off; each thrusts into my soul
       Its poisoned sting.

Credit

From Poems of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd., 1891) by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. Translated from the Spanish by Mason Carnes. This poem is in the public domain.