Vicente Aleixandre.
 
Green Horse Press: 1976. First edition, signed by the translator. Paperback. Moderate soiling to the yellow paper wrap, interior clean and crisp. Very good. 
 
"Yes, I've wanted you as never before
 
Why kiss your lips, knowing death is near,
knowing that loving is only forgetting life,
closing our eyes against the present darkness
to open them on the shining limits of a body."