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| Rosa 'Sombreul' 29 June 2023 |
Cultivo una rosa blanca – José Martí
Cultivo una rosa blanca,
En julio como en enero,
Para el amigo sincero
Que me da su mano franca.
Y para el cruel que me arranca
El corazon con que vivo,
Cardo ni oruga cultivo
Cultivo una rosa blanca.
I have a white rose to tend
In July as in January;
I give it to the true friend
Who offers his frank hand to me.
And to the cruel one whose blows
Break the heart by which I live,
Thistle nor thorn do I give:
For him, too, I have a white rose.
I am writing this blog 29 June 2023 and the May/June first blooms rose season is over. Some of my roses will come back later and in the fall. I spotted these two lone white roses, Rosa ‘Sombreul’. I knew I had to scan them. But what could I possibly connect them with? I hit paydirt with Cuban patriot José Martí’s poem Cultivo una rosa blanca. The lovely poem is about love and forgivness.
I am sure that had Rosemary been alive and on our bed I would have said to her, “Rosemary look what I found. Let me read this to you.”