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
L-et
Y-our
N-ame
M-ake
A-crostic's
N-atal
R-emembrance
I-n
Q-uote's
U-plifting
E-xpression
Topic: Birthday of Lyn D. Manrique (February 28)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
N-oble
H-eartfelt
A-crostic
I-n
D-elight
Z-one
M-irthfully
A-dvances
N-ame's
R-ighteous
I-dea
Q-uoting
U-nique
E-xpression
Topic: Birthday of Nhaidz B. Manrique (June 05)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
N-ice
H-ellos
A-re
I-n
D-awn
Z-one
M-aking
A-nother
N-ew
R-egard
I-n
Q-uote
U-sing
E-arliness
Topic: Birthday of Nhaidz B. Manrique (June 05)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
COPLA 114 CONCLUSION : This Bad Guy World
The way Evil triumphs in this World
What lies in store must be much worse :
Yet Evil serves
Toddler gods in this Grand Plan make so bold
As to usurp Laws of Universe –
Get what each deserves :
The turntable of three Continents
The cradled civilizations
There end should come
And so must these Manriquenas’ contents
Be the homage of my supplications :
By/My Death overcome
© T. Wignesan – September 22, 2014
The entire series of COPLAS de pie quebrado dedicated to the XVth Century Spanish poet, Jorge MANRIQUE
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