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    Amado Nervo – En paz

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En paz

Artifex vitae, artifex sui
 
Muy cerca de mi ocaso, yo te bendigo, Vida,
porque nunca me diste ni esperanza fallida,
ni trabajos injustos, ni pena inmerecida;
porque veo al final de mi rudo camino
que yo fui el arquitecto de mi propio destino;
que si extraje la miel o la hiel de las cosas,
fue porque en ellas puse hiel o mieles sabrosas:
cuando planté rosales coseché siempre rosas.
 
Cierto, a mis lozanías va a seguir el invierno:
¡mas tú no me dijiste que mayo fuese eterno!
 
Hallé sin duda largas las noches de mis penas;
mas no me prometiste tan sólo noches buenas;
y en cambio tuve algunas santamente serenas...
 
Amé, fui amado, el sol acarició mi faz.
¡Vida, nada me debes! ¡Vida, estamos en paz!
 
(20.03.1915)
 
English
Translation#1#2

At Peace

Architect of life, architect of destiny.
 
Very close to my sundown, I bless you, life
because you never gave me false hope,
nor unjust work, nor undeserved punishment;
because I see at the end of my rough path
that I was the architect of my own destiny;
if I extracted the sweetness or bitterness of things,
It was because I put bitterness and sweetness into them,
when I planted rose bushes, I always reaped roses.
 
Surely, winter will follow my vim and vigor:
But you never told me that May would last forever!"
 
I found without a doubt the nights long with my sorrows;
but you didn't promise me just good nights;
and instead I had some blessed and serene [nights]...
 
I loved, I was loved, the sun caressed my face
Life, you owe me nothing! Life, we are at peace!.
 

Translations of "En paz"

English #1, #2
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Comments
ϕιλομαθήςϕιλομαθής
   Wed, 20/01/2016 - 23:21

Thank you my friend :) It sounds great. Just a couple of suggestions:
1:2 Sounds better without the "no" before "false hope". You don't need it.

What do you think of: "...Surely, winter will follow my vim and vigor:
But you never told me that May would last forever!" ?

Thanks again :)

mikistlimikistli
   Wed, 20/01/2016 - 23:25

I wasn't sure of the 'no', I deleted it and then added it back and I couldn't make up my mind. When you repeat something a lot, it begins to sound foreign, you know?

Ah, I changed the second part to your suggestion, I was a little tied up with what to do with that.

ϕιλομαθήςϕιλομαθής
   Wed, 20/01/2016 - 23:43

I know what you mean. I confuse myself frequently :) If I practice any other language enough, my own starts feeling foreign.

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