Garcilaso de la Vega
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Un rato se levanta mi esperanza,
mas cansada d’haberse levantado,
torna a caer, que deja, a mal mi grado,
libre el lugar a la desconfianza.
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Hermosas ninfas que, en el rio metidas,
contentas habitáis en las moradas
de relucientes piedras fabricadas
y en columnas de vidrio sostenidas;
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Amor, amor, un hábito vestí
el cual de vuestro paño fue cortado;
al vestir ancho fue, más apretado
y estrecho cuando estuvo sobre mí.
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Con ansia extrema de mirar qué tiene
vuestro pecho escondido allá en su centro,
y ver si a lo de fuera lo de dentro
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¡Oh dulces prendas, por mi mal halladas,
dulces y alegres cuando Dios quería!
Juntas estáis en la memoria mía,
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No las francesas armas odïosas,
en contra puestas del airado pecho,
ni en los guardados muros con pertecho
los tiros y saetas ponzoñosas;
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De aquella vista buena y excelente
salen espirtus vivos y encendidos,
y siendo por mis ojos recibidos,
me pasan hasta donde el mal se siente.
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A Dafne ya los brazos le crecían
y en luengos ramos vueltos se mostraban;
en verdes hojas vi que se tornaban
los cabellos qu'el oro escurecían;
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En tanto que de rosa y azucena
se muestra la color en vuestro gesto,
y que vuestro mirar ardiente, honesto,
enciende al corazón y lo refrena;
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Si a vuestra voluntad yo soy de cera,
y por sol tengo sólo vuestra vista,
la cual a quien no inflama o no conquista
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En fin a vuestras manos he venido,
do sé que he de morir tan apretado
que aun aliviar con quejas mi cuidado
como remedio m’es ya defendido;
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Pasando el mar Leandro el animoso,
en amoroso fuego todo ardiendo,
esforzó el viento, y fuese embraveciendo
el agua con un ímpetu furioso.
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Pensando que el camino iba derecho,
vine a parar en tanta desventura,
que imaginar no puedo, aún con locura,
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¡Oh hado ejecutivo en mis dolores,
cómo sentí tus leyes rigurosas!
Cortaste el árbol con manos dañosas,
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Aquella voluntad honesta y pura,
ilustre y hermosísima María,
que en mí de celebrar tu hermosura,
tu ingenio y tu valor estar solía,
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Con tal fuerza y vigor son concertados
para mi perdición los duros vientos,
que cortaron mis tiernos pensamientos
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Señora mia, si yo de vos ausente
en esta vida turo y no me muero,
paréceme que ofendo a lo que os quiero
y al bien de que gozaba en ser presente
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Escrito’stá en mi alma vuestro gesto
y cuanto yo escribir de vos deseo:
vos sola lo escribistes; yo lo leo
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Si para refrenar este deseo
loco, imposible, vano, temeroso,
y guarecer de un mal tan peligroso,
que es darme a entender yo lo que no creo,
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Echado está por tierra el fundamento
que mi vivir cansado sostenía.
¡Oh cuánto bien se acaba en solo un día!
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Garcilaso de la Vega Biography
Garcilaso de la Vega (Toledo, c. 1501– Le Muy, Nice, France, October 14, 1536), was a Spanish soldier and poet. The prototypical "Renaissance man," he was the most influential (though not the first or the only) poet to introduce Italian Renaissance verse forms, poetic techniques and themes to Spain. His exact birth date is unknown, but estimations by scholars put his year of birth between 1498 and 1503. Garcilaso was born in the Spanish city of Toledo. His father, Pedro Suárez de Figueroa, was a noble in the royal court of the Catholic Kings. His mother's name was Sancha de Guzmán. He had six brothers and sisters: Leanor, Pedro, Fernando, Francisco, Gonzalo, and Juana. Garcilaso was the second-oldest son which meant he did not receive the mayorazgo (entitlement) to his father's estate. However, he spent his younger years receiving an extensive education, mastered five languages (Spanish, Greek, Latin, Italian and French), and learned how to play the zither, lute and the harp. After his schooling, he joined the military in hopes of joining the royal guard. He was named "contino" (imperial guard) of King Carlos I (also Carlos V of the Holy Roman Empire) in 1520, and he was made a member of the Order of Santiago in 1523. There were a few women in the life of this poet. His first lover was Guiomar Carrillo with whom he had an illegitimate child. He had another suspected lover named Isabel Freire, who was a lady-in-waiting of Isabel of Portugal. In 1525, Garcilaso married Elena de Zúñiga who served as a lady-in-waiting for the King's favorite sister, Leonor. Their marriage took place in Garcilaso's hometown of Toledo in one of the family's estates. He had six children: Lorenzo, an illegitimate child with Guiomar Carrillo, Garcilaso, Íñigo de Zúñiga, Pedro de Guzmán, Sancha, and Francisco. Garcilaso's military career meant that he took part in the numerous battles and campaigns conducted by Carlos V across Europe. His duties took him to Italy, Germany, Tunisia and France. In 1532 for a short period he was exiled to a Danube island where he was the guest of the Count György Cseszneky, royal court judge of Győr. Later in France, he would fight his last battle. The King desired to take control of Marseille and eventually control of the Mediterranean Sea, but this goal was never realized. Garcilaso de la Vega died on October 14, 1536 in Nice, France after suffering 25 days from an injury sustained in a battle at Le Muy. His body was first buried in the Church of Santo Domingo in Nice, but two years later his wife had his body moved to the Church of San Pedro Martir in Toledo. Garcilaso de la Vega is best known for his tragic love poetry that contrasts the playful poetry of his predecessors. He seemed to progress through three distinct episodes of his life which are reflected in his works. During his Spanish period, he wrote the majority of his eight-syllable poems; during his Italian or Petrarchan period, he wrote mostly sonnets and songs; and during his Neapolitan or classicist period, he wrote his other more classical poems, including his elegies, letters, eclogues and odes. Influenced by many Italian Renaissance poets, Garcilaso adapted the eleven-syllable line to the Spanish language in his "sonetos," which were mostly written in the 1520s, during his Petrarchan period. Increasing the number of syllables in the verse from eight to eleven allowed for greater flexibility. In addition to the "soneto," Garcilaso helped to introduce several other types of stanzas to the Spanish language. These include the "estancia," formed by eleven- and seven-syllable lines; the "lira," formed by three seven-syllable and two eleven-syllable lines; and "endecasílabos sueltos," formed by unrhymed eleven-syllable lines.)
The Best Poem Of Garcilaso de la Vega
Soneto Iv
Un rato se levanta mi esperanza,
mas cansada d’haberse levantado,
torna a caer, que deja, a mal mi grado,
libre el lugar a la desconfianza.
¿Quién sufrirá tan áspera mudanza
del bien al mal? Oh corazón cansado,
esfuerza en la miseria de tu estado,
que tras fortuna suele haber bonanza!
Yo mesmo emprenderé a fuerza de brazos
romper un monte que otro no rompiera,
de mil inconvenientes muy espeso;
muerte, prisión no pueden, ni embarazos,
quitarme de ir a veros como quiera,
desnudo espirtu o hombre en carne y hueso.
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