The poet is a form of resonance with respect to the astonishing the very moment he perceives it. The poet resounds in conjunction with that moment. The very moment he resonates he is urgently driven to find a way to express that resonance in which he unexpectedly finds himself centred.
Me porté como quien soy.Como un gitano legítimo.La regalé un costurerogrande de raso pajizo,y no quise enamorarmeporque teniendo maridome dijo que era mozuelacuando la llevaba al río [1]
Here the poet (Federico García Lorca), because of the deception that the woman has operated to be alone with him at night along the riverbank, after he has enjoyed her body, resounds in a vibration that
takes the form of resentment:
y no quise enamorarme
porque teniendo maridome dijo que era mozuelawhen he took her to the river.---------------------------------------------
[1] I behaved like what I am,
a gipsy through and through.
I gifted her a big sewing box
made of straw-like satin,
and I didn't want to fall in love
because, having a husband
she told me she was a maiden
as I carried her to the river
Published on March 09, 2023 12:33