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A Sonnet on Cervantes
Translated by Thomas Walsh and Salomon de la Selva (1916) · From Eleven Poems of Rubén Darío (1916)
IN all my days of troubled loneliness
And fretted grief Cervantes is to me
A faithful friend, and none so true as he,
That brings me precious gifts of quietness.
All nature his, and life. Of his largesse
My dreams, that are knight-errants bold and free,
Have golden casques to crown them gloriously.
He is, for me: sigh, prayer, joyousness.
He speaks as runs a brook, so amorous
And very gentle is this Christian knight.
Ever undaunted. And I love him thus,
Beholding how the world, by fate's design.
Reaps, from his deathless sorrow, rich delight,
And laughter from a madness so divine!
Codex Note
Spanish title: Soneto a Cervantes.
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Darío, Rubén. “A Sonnet on Cervantes.” Translated by Thomas Walsh and Salomon de la Selva. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dario/6/.
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Darío, Rubén. “A Sonnet on Cervantes.” Translated by Thomas Walsh and Salomon de la Selva. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dario/6/.
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