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Leonard,

It is difficult to believe Mr. Lorca witnessed, in 1929, "stockbrokers" jumping from windows. As I know it to be, such incidents are anecdotal. Perhaps the young poet, at the time, was merely using his literary license to impress some folks at home? Or, perhaps, was Garcia one hell of a drama queen? By the way, may I say, his poetry is more melodic in Spanish. The words flow more trippingly on the tongue, so it appears.

Each langauge on earth has its own rhythm, gestalt, flow, culture, beauty... what works in one language may not work in another. That is not to say one language is more beautiful than another. It may be fair to say that the language you learn first from your parents/care-takers/loved-ones as a child is the richest, most poetic language of all.

"Spanish is easily translatable into English"

Leonard is really provincial!