Rima XXXIX. Lo que el salvaje que con torpe mano...
Lo que el salvaje que con torpe mano
hace de un tronco a su capricho un dios,
y luego ante su obra se arrodilla,
eso hicimos tu y yo.
Dimos formas reales a un fantasma,
de la mente ridícula invención,
y hecho el ídolo ya, sacrificamos
en su altar nuestro amor.
Rhyme XXXIX. That which a savage with clumsy hands...
That which a savage with clumsy hands
carves from a trunk as he fancies a god,
and soon is forced to kneel before,
you and I also constructed.
We gave real form to a phantom,
ridiculous invention of the mind,
and having made the idol, sacrificed
our love on its altar.
Translated by H. LandmanEtiquetas: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer |
