Alfonsina Storni's most famous poems (with their best-remembered lines)
The top 3 according to 16 votes from people: Little little man, I loved you for half an hour, / do not ask me for more. · You, who had all / the cups in hand, / your lips purple / with fruits and honeys. · Little little man, little little man, / set your canary free, it wants to fly.. (Updated Mar 6, 2023.)
"You Want Me White", "Ancestral Weight", "Little Little Man" and "I Am Going to Sleep": the poems by Alfonsina Storni recited in every school in Argentina and Uruguay, each with its best-known lines and the book it appeared in.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 12
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1
Little little man, I loved you for half an hour, / do not ask me for more.
Poem "Hombre pequeñito", from Irremediablemente (1919).
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2
You, who had all / the cups in hand, / your lips purple / with fruits and honeys.
Poem "Tú me quieres blanca", from El dulce daño (1918).
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3
Little little man, little little man, / set your canary free, it wants to fly.
Poem "Hombre pequeñito", from Irremediablemente (1919).
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4
You want me dawn-white, / you want me of foam, / you want me of mother-of-pearl.
Poem "Tú me quieres blanca", from El dulce daño (1918).
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5
You told me: my father did not weep; / you told me: my grandfather did not weep; / the men of my race have never wept, / they were of steel.
Poem "Peso ancestral", from Irremediablemente (1919).
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6
Teeth of flowers, hairnet of dew, / hands of herbs, you, fine wet nurse, / have the earthy sheets ready for me / and the quilt of weeded moss.
Poem "I Am Going to Sleep", her last, sent to La Nación before her death (1938).
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7
I am going to sleep, my nurse, put me to bed.
Poem "I Am Going to Sleep" (1938).
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8
If you want to kiss me, kiss; / I share your whims, / but do not make my mouth your prey, / kiss me softly on the eyes.
Poem "Al oído".
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9
Everything is finished. / My good illusion / no longer gives its juice.
Poem "Lápida".
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10
Houses in a row, houses in a row, / houses in a row. / Squares, squares, squares.
Poem "Cuadrados y ángulos", from El dulce daño (1918).
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11
People now have square souls, / ideas in a row / and an angle in their backs.
Poem "Cuadrados y ángulos", from El dulce daño (1918).
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12
I at the bottom of the sea.
Poem "Yo en el fondo del mar", from Mundo de siete pozos (1934).
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