{ Tuesday, August 5, 2003 }
Again and again I come across this lovely passage from Balada de la Placeta by Federico García Lorca, Ballad of the Little Plaza.
mi corazón de seda,
de campanas perdidas,
de lirios y de abejas,
y yo me iré muy lejos,
más allá de esas sierras,
más allá de los mares,
cerca de las estrellas,
para pedirle a Cristo
Señor que me devuelva
mi alma antigua de niño,
madura de leyendas,
con el gorro de plumas
y el sable de madera.
Translated:
My heart of silk
is filled with lights,
with lost bells
with lilies and bees.
I will go very far,
farther than those hills,
farther than the seas,
close to the stars,
to beg Christ the Lord
to give me back
the soul I had
when I was a child,
ripened with legends,
with a feathered cap
and a wooden sword.
Started a long series of thoughts about "lost innocence" and "lost paradise", conceptions of children as angelic vs. children as demonic, the limitations of the imagination, the corrupting taint of knowlege, the experience of pre-literate societies. It also precipitated a frantic search for my bilingual collection of Lorca, now apparently lost.
LINK | 3:02 AM | TB
i love that.
denise | August 5, 2003 6:17 PMI'd never read that before. But it's beautiful. Look at my desktop now.
gaston | August 8, 2003 2:28 PM
Thanks. For my brother who needed to read them again, I looked all over the internet for those lines and you're Google's best source. Thanks thanks thanks.
HB | October 20, 2003 1:59 PMfree ringtones ringtones ringtones
free ringtones | May 14, 2006 12:01 PMonline poker online poker
online poker | May 14, 2006 2:37 PMpayday loans payday loans
cash advance cash advance
payday loan payday loan
fast cash fast cash
no fax payday loans no fax payday loans
cash advances cash advances
online payday loans online payday loans
online payday loan service online payday loan service
instant payday loan instant payday loan
online cash advance online cash advance
faxless payday loans faxless payday loans
no fax payday loan no fax payday loan
payday advance loan payday advance loan
payday cash loan payday cash loan
instant cash advance instant cash advance
payday cash advance payday cash advance
fast payday loans fast payday loans
online payday loan application online payday loan application
cash advance loans cash advance loans
payday loans online payday loans online
secure instant cash advance approval secure instant cash advance approval
cash advance application cash advance application
online payday loan online payday loan
fast cash advance fast cash advance
bad credit payday loans bad credit payday loans
payday loan online payday loan online
payday advance loans payday advance loans
no faxing payday loans no faxing payday loans
no credit check payday loans no credit check payday loans
same day payday loans same day payday loans
cash advance payday loans cash advance payday loans
quick payday loans quick payday loans
online no fax payday loan online no fax payday loan
instant payday loans instant payday loans
refurbished laptops refurbished laptops
laptop computer laptop computer
laptop cases laptop cases
notebook computer notebook computer
best laptop best laptop
laptop ratings laptop ratings
discount laptop discount laptop
toshiba laptops toshiba laptops
acer laptop acer laptop
dell laptop dell laptop
gateway laptops gateway laptops
cheap laptop cheap laptop
laptop parts laptop parts
laptop sales laptop sales
toshiba laptop toshiba laptop
discount laptops discount laptops
notebook battery notebook battery
apple laptops apple laptops
sony laptops sony laptops
hp laptops hp laptops
notebook batteries notebook batteries
cheap laptop computers cheap laptop computers
laptop memory laptop memory
laptop rental laptop rental
online poker online poker
online poker | May 21, 2006 2:07 PMfree credit report free credit report
credit reports credit reports
credit score credit score
free credit reports free credit reports
free credit score free credit score
credit scores credit scores
annual credit report annual credit report
free annual credit report free annual credit report
free credit report online free credit report online
free copy of my credit report free copy of my credit report
free credit scores free credit scores
credit report repair credit report repair
trw free credit report trw free credit report
free instant credit reports free instant credit reports
annual free credit report annual free credit report
free credit report without a credit card free credit report without a credit card
free online credit report free online credit report
business credit report business credit report
equifax credit report equifax credit report
free copy of credit report free copy of credit report
online credit report online credit report
debt consolidation debt consolidation
debt consolidation | June 1, 2006 4:01 PMbest secured loans uk best secured loans uk
home owner secured loans uk home owner secured loans uk
cheapest secured loans cheapest secured loans
secured loans rate secured loans rate
uk secured loans bad credit uk secured loans bad credit
debt consolidation secured loans debt consolidation secured loans
secured uk home loans secured uk home loans
secured loans adverse credit secured loans adverse credit
low secured loans rate low secured loans rate
compare secured loans compare secured loans
ccjs loans secured ccjs loans secured
cheap secured personal loans cheap secured personal loans
personal secured consolidation loans uk personal secured consolidation loans uk
non secured loans non secured loans
uk secured personal loans bad credit uk secured personal loans bad credit
secured loans approval secured loans approval
personal secured loans mortgage uk personal secured loans mortgage uk
uk secured loans consolidation uk secured loans consolidation
low cost secured loans uk low cost secured loans uk
secured loans no proof income secured loans no proof income
personal secured loans finance personal secured loans finance
home improvement loans secured home improvement loans secured
secured unsecured loans uk secured unsecured loans uk
lowest secured loans rate lowest secured loans rate
{ Post a comment }
beautiful, as lorca often is.
loaded with allusions to the bullfight, i think: silk, lights, bells being references to the matador's suit of lights; the supplication of Christ calling to mind prayers offered before the spectacle; and legends, cap and sword tying the act to its primal origins... your "pre-literate societies" and their ritual conquest of death. even the title, "placeta," could itself refer to the plaza de toros.
or, just a knight off on some tragic, quixotic quest, another suitably spanish (and lorcan) theme.
Carlos | August 5, 2003 6:02 PM