Andalucia

 

If I can take with me

the sounds of flamenco,

the strains of the classical guitar,

a trickle of water

from the Alhambra,

a sultry summer's heat,

a memory of the mesquita

in Cordoba,

one of Lorca's poems,

the wines of Jerez,

a fresh catch of prawns

from Huelva,

the image of the gitano,

miles of olive groves,

a sea of sunflowers,

a glimpse of the Peñon,

the snow capped Sierra Nevadas,

a fusion of Islam, Judaism

and Christianity,

then I shall possess Andalucia.