Dance

In the garden’s night,
six gypsy girls,
dressed in white,
are dancing.

In the garden’s night,
crowned
with paper roses
and jasmine.

In the garden’s night,
their teeth – mother-of-pearl –
score the burnt
shadow.

And in the garden’s night,
their shadows lengthen
and reach up to the sky,
all purple.

(F. Garcia Lorca)