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Question: Thoughts on a poem!?
I would greatly appreciate anyone's thoughts on this poem by Andrés Bello!. Symbolic, thematic or rhythmic thoughts, or anything else you can think of will do! Here is the English translation:
Blonde
Do you know, blonde, that favor I solicit
when I cover the altars with offerings!?
Not rich furnishings, not superb lands,
neither a table that flatters the apetite!.
At the edge of Aragua I want a parcel
to supply me with simple pleasures,
and close to my rustic home
a brook that runs among the rocks!.
To feel good around the summery warmth,
I also want my plot to have a grove,
where the proud coconut and the willow can grow!.
I'll be happy if in this refuge I die;
and, upon exhaling my fugitive breath,
I stamp on your lips my last goodbye!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Terrible translation!!!
My quick attempt:
Fair lady, do you know what boon I pray
when offerings on altars I do lay!?
Not rich possessions, neither splendid homes,
Nor groaning boards to sate my appetite!.
I ask a plot of land on Aragua's shores
Where simple foods can grow without much work,
Where not far from my rustic dwelling runs
A little brook amongst the rocky crags
To cool me on the hottest days of summer!.
I also want my land to have a grove,
Where willows thrive beside proud coco palms!.
Happy I'll be to die in such a haven,
And when my fleeting breath is all but gone,
To press upon your lips my last goodbye !Www@QuestionHome@Com
Not a good translation/Www@QuestionHome@Com
I think that poem is one of the best things ive read
all day!. It makes me feel that some doesnt care
if they die as long as they are happy when they go!.
its also sad cus they're leaving the one they love behind
truely sincere
AmyWww@QuestionHome@Com