Marvelous Error!

Last Night As I Was Sleeping

Antonio Machado

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 beacuse 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.