Poetry

Lope de Vega [1562-1635]
Various Effects of Love [Desmayarse, atreverse, estar furioso]

To be fainthearted, to be bold, possessed,
abrasive, tender, open, isolated,
spirited, dying, dead, invigorated,
loyal, treacherous, venturesome, repressed.

Not to find, without your lover, rest.
To seem happy, sad, haughty, understated,
emboldened, fugitive, exasperated,
satisfied, offended, doubt-obsessed.

To face away from disillusionment,
to swallow venom like liqueur, and quell
all thoughts of gain, embracing discontent;

to believe a heaven lies within a hell,
to give your soul to disillusionment;
that’s love, as all who’ve tasted know too well.

(Translated by David Rosenthal)

Lope de Vega [1562-1635]
Various Effects of Love [Desmayarse, atreverse, estar furioso]

To be fainthearted, to be bold, possessed,
abrasive, tender, open, isolated,
spirited, dying, dead, invigorated,
loyal, treacherous, venturesome, repressed.

Not to find, without your lover, rest.
To seem happy, sad, haughty, understated,
emboldened, fugitive, exasperated,
satisfied, offended, doubt-obsessed.

To face away from disillusionment,
to swallow venom like liqueur, and quell
all thoughts of gain, embracing discontent;

to believe a heaven lies within a hell,
to give your soul to disillusionment;
that’s love, as all who’ve tasted know too well.

(Translated by David Rosenthal)
https://youtu.be/87coAgg95BU?si=WTRLg9EXC8rCjiLE

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It's also a hit from the 16th century that would still win you a rap battle today! (at least in the Spanish-speaking hood, it's hard not to kill the melody in translation here)

It captures so many feelings and the contrasting emotions. Love is a prism of many feelings it seems. ❤️