Legends, Tales and Poems by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer - HTML preview

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Yo sé un himno gigante y extraño
Que anuncia en la noche del alma una aurora,
Y estas páginas son de ese himno
Cadencias que el aire dilata en las sombras.

    Yo quisiera escribirle,[2] del hombre
Domando el rebelde, mezquino idioma,
Con palabras que fuesen á un tiempo
Suspiros y risas, colores y notas.

    Pero en vano es luchar; que no hay cifra
Capaz de encerrarlo, y apenas ¡oh hermosa!
Si, teniendo en mis manos las tuyas,
Pudiera, al oirlo, cantártelo á solas.

[Footnote 1: This poem is made up of alternate decasyllabic anapests and dodecasyllabic amphibrachs, thus:

— — /  | — — /  | — — /  | —
  — /  — | — /  — | — /  — | — / —

The even verses have the same assonance throughout.]

[Footnote 2: escribirle. Le refers to himno. See p. 66, note 1.]

 

 

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