A poet is a form of resonance with respect to the astonishing the very moment he perceives it. The poet resounds in conjunction with that moment. The very moment he resonates he is urgently driven to find a way to express that resonance in which he unexpectedly finds himself centred. Me porté como quien soy. Como un gitano legítimo. La regalé un costurero grande de raso pajizo, y no quise enamorarme porque teniendo marido me dijo que era mozuela cuando la llevaba al río [1] Here the poet (Federico García Lorca), because of the deception that the woman has operated to be alone with him at night along the riverbank, after he has enjoyed her body, resounds in a vibration that takes the form of resentment: y no quise enamorarme porque teniendo marido me dijo que era mozuela when he took her to the river. --------------------------------------------- [1] I behaved like what I am, a gipsy through and through. I gifted her a big sewing box made of straw-like satin, and I didn't want...
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