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Translation of Jorge Manrique's Third Copla:Coplas a La Muerte De Su Padre By T Wignesan

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COPLA UNO: This Bad Guy World - in all seriousness

[The entire sequence of 114 coplas: “This Bad Guy World”, dedicated to Jorge MANRIQUE, 1440?-1479. I give here in translation his third “copla à pied quebrado” in Arte Menor metre:

“Coplas a la muerte de su padre” (Coplas on the death of his father) -

Our lives are like rivers

that empty into the sea

……..where we expire:

There the lordly peers

come to their final spree

……..and no more transpire;

There gushing rivers swell

and others less imposing

……..and the rivulets

All arrive at the same sea level

those who toil with hands living

……..and the fortunates

Translated, December 2013, Paris by T. Wignesan </b>

COPLA UNO: This Bad Guy World - in all seriousness [The entire sequence of 114 coplas: “This Bad Guy World”, dedicated to Jorge MANRIQUE, 1440?-1479. I give here in translation his third “copla à pied quebrado” in Arte Menor metre: “Coplas a la muerte de su padre” (Coplas on the death of his father) - Our lives are like rivers that empty into the sea ……..where we expire: There the lordly peers come to their final spree ……..and no more transpire; There gushing rivers swell and others less imposing ……..and the rivulets All arrive at the same sea level those who toil with hands living ……..and the fortunates Translated, December 2013, Paris by T. Wignesan

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