The American Flag
Nicolás Heredia y Mota 1855 – 1901 translated from the Spanish by Edgar L. Peguero y Heredia Tell me upon seeing the sweet rays Of the splendid morning The majestic flag Of the stars and stripes? Yesterday upon death he prayed, Ostentatious deeds On the solid bastion. In the middle of the battle ... Between the roaring horizon Of the bombs and the bullets Walled off is the night upright, Its stars and stripes! Oh tell me if you still, Our starry flag, Cover the roof of the brave, Cover the soil of the homeland! What is it that I glimpse There on the distant shore, And that shines upon the fog On the steep tower Where yesterday the enemy, The soldiers denied? With imposing silence What preludes the battle The breeze already reveals, Already hides it from sight … There the dawn finally lights up Its stars and stripes. Thus shines forever That venerable flag On the roof of the brave, On the soil of the homeland. Translated to Russian by Galina Lerner Американский флаг Ска...