{"id":233,"date":"2012-11-06T15:57:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T20:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=233"},"modified":"2016-09-06T17:46:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T22:46:13","slug":"quevedo-love-constant-beyond-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2012\/11\/06\/quevedo-love-constant-beyond-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Quevedo-Love Constant Beyond Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bky8mzStR_g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OVZhZPDmCcU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amor Constante Mas All\u00e1 de la Muerte<\/p>\n<p>(Love Constant Beyond Death)<br \/>\nBy Francisco de Quevedo<\/p>\n<p>Translation by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/poemsintranslation.blogspot.com\/2012\/10\/quevedo-love-constant-beyond-death-from.html\">A.Z. Foreman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That terminal shadow may with darkness seal<br \/>\nmy eyes shut when it steals white day from me,<br \/>\nand in an instant, flattering the zeal<br \/>\nof this my eager soul, let it go free.<br \/>\nBut on this hither shore where once it burned<br \/>\nit shall not leave behind love\u2019s memory.<br \/>\nMy flame can swim chill waters. It has learned<br \/>\nto lose respect for laws\u2019 severity.<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This soul that was a god&#8217;s hot prison cell,<\/div>\n<div>veins that with liquid humors fueled such fire,<\/div>\n<div>marrows that flamed in glory as I strove<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0shall quit the flesh, but never their desire.<\/div>\n<div>They shall be ash. That ash will feel as well.<\/div>\n<div>Dust they shall be. That dust will be in love.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Original:<\/p>\n<p>Cerrar podr\u00e1 mis ojos la postrera<br \/>\nsombra que me llevare el blanco d\u00eda,<br \/>\ny podr\u00e1 desatar esta alma m\u00eda<br \/>\nhora a su af\u00e1n ansioso lisonjera;<\/p>\n<p>mas no de essotra parte, en la riuera,<br \/>\ndexar\u00e1 la memoria, en donde ard\u00eda:<br \/>\nnadar sabe mi llama l&#8217;agua fr\u00eda,<br \/>\ny perder el respeto a lei severa.<\/p>\n<p>Alma qu&#8217;a todo un dios prissi\u00f3n ha sido,<br \/>\nvenas qu&#8217;umor a tanto fuego an dado,<br \/>\nmedulas qu&#8217;an gloriosamente ardido,<\/p>\n<p>su cuerpo dexar\u00e1n, no su cuydado;<br \/>\nser\u00e1n ceni\u00e7a, mas tendr\u00e1 sentido;<br \/>\npolvo ser\u00e1n, mas polvo enamorado.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Cristina Branco<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BqQCKrzu9ec?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ltf\">\n<div class=\"par\">\n<div class=\"ll-0-0\">Not birds, nor stars, nor sails<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-0-1\">Are as beautiful in my breast<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-0-2\">Daybreak falls silent in my eyes<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-0-3\">The night enveloped me so<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-0-4\">With this pain as if from a dagger<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-0-5\">With this cry of a love without end<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"par\">\n<div class=\"ll-1-0\">Love without end, love without time and measure<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-1\">Water drawn from the distance from its source<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-2\">Light that dawns without dimming<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-3\">Love that wants to be a breeze but is a gale<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-4\">Love that wants to be rain but is a storm<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-5\">It is all or nothing and everything there is to lose.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-5\"><strong>Original:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-5\">\n<div class=\"par\">\n<div class=\"ll-0-0\">Nem p\u00e1ssaros, nem astros, nem veleiros<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-0-1\">S\u00e3o t\u00e3o belos dentro do meu peito<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-0-2\">Calou-se a madrugada nos meus olhos<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-0-3\">Por isso a noite me envolveu assim<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-0-4\">Com esta dor que \u00e9 asa de punhal<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-0-5\">Com este grito de um amor sem fim<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"emptyline\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"par\">\n<div class=\"ll-1-0\">Amor sem fim, amor sem tempo e sem medida<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-1\">\u00c1gua que brota ao longe da nascente<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-2\">Luz que amanhece sem anoitecer<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-3\">Amor que quer ser brisa e \u00e9 vendaval<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-4\">Amor que quer ser chuva e \u00e9 temporal<\/div>\n<div class=\"ll-1-5\">Que \u00e9 tudo ou nada e tudo h\u00e1 de perder<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Amor Constante Mas All\u00e1 de la Muerte (Love Constant Beyond Death) By Francisco de Quevedo Translation by\u00a0A.Z. 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