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The translation:
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Pyramid-shaped, a dark dismal Shadow, \nborn of Earth, pointed the way to Heaven,\nthe highest point among useless\nobelisks trying to climb to the stars;\nalthough the beautiful Lights\nunfettered always, always sparkling,\nfrom the gloomy depth of War\nwith its black vapors the close companion\nof the frightful fugitive Shadow\nmocking from so far off\nthat its darkened brow\nstill could not reach to the Dome above:\nthe orb of the Goddess,\nShe, the thrice-beauteous,\nwith three beautiful Faces to show off,\nremaining apart, the Owner\nof the air steaming upward,\nthick Breath of exhalation;\nand within the self-contained stillness\nof Her noiseless Empire\nShe allowed only the submissive voices \nof the nocturnal Birds,\nso somber, so serious,\nthat even Silence dared not interrupt.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
El original:
Primero Sue\u00f1o (vv 1-24)
Sor Juana In\u00e9s de la Cruz, 1692<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Piramidal, funesta, de la tierra\nnacida sombra, al cielo encaminaba\nde vanos obeliscos punta altiva,\nescalar pretendiendo las estrellas;\nsi bien sus luces bellas,\nexentas siempre, siempre rutilantes,\nla tenebrosa guerra\nque con negros vapores le intimaba\nla pavorosa sombra fugitiva\nburlaban tan distantes,\nque su atezado ce\u00f1o\nal superior convexo aun no llegaba\ndel orbe de la diosa\nque tres veces hermosa\ncon tres hermosos rostros ser ostenta,\nquedando s\u00f3lo o due\u00f1o\ndel aire que empa\u00f1aba\ncon el aliento denso que exhalaba;\ny en la quietud contenta\nde imperio silencioso,\nsumisas s\u00f3lo voces consent\u00eda\nde las nocturnas aves,\ntan obscuras, tan graves,\nque aun el silencio no se interrump\u00eda.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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English version
\nby David Brendan O’Meara<\/b>
\nPyramid-shaped, a dark dismal Shadow,
\nborn of Earth, pointed the way to Heaven,
\nthe highest point among useless
\nobelisks trying to climb to the stars; →Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-6473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-translations-es-en"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.daveomeara.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.daveomeara.com\/home\/feed\/podcast\/david-brendan-omeara","embedCode":"
Sor Juana’s First Dream, lines 1-24<\/a><\/blockquote>