I walk where the myrtle holds its breath. Each arch, a drowsy eyelid; each column, a forgotten verse from the Quran.
The fountain does not ask time for permission. It keeps pouring its silver language over stones that once held the hem of sultanas.
No sultan remains, only the echo of a fountain learning to mourn in slow arpeggios.
And I, a traveler late to my own death, carry the Alhambra inside a drop of water — weightless, eternal, dying in each tremolo.
Here’s a short poetic piece inspired by Memorias de la Alhambra (the famous tremolo guitar piece by Francisco Tárrega, evoking the Moorish palace in Granada):