La Sombra del Viento fandom (aka @theuselesshistoryweeb and myself), come get your traumatised character foils! đđĽ
IâM ACTUALLY REALLY PROUD OF THIS LITTLE THING. I first drafted it in English, then realised 80% of the way through that something wasnât working out and decided to slap some Spanish in there. Babyâs first poem in her third language⌠WoahâŚ
A huge thank you to @lesbitorte for kindly checking the grammar and spelling! â¤ď¸
Alt text and translation below:
đŞđ¸ ESPAĂOL đŞđ¸
JULIĂN:
Eres
parte de mĂ,
un sueĂąo imprudente
quĂŠ creĂa quemado.
MirĂĄndote,
lo que podrĂa haber sido
se dispara como agujas
sobre nuestras cabezas
Y grito:
ÂĄSe parece a mĂ,
el mar y el fuego,
el EdĂŠn y los desagĂźes
tallados en sus huesos!
La quiero como
quieres.
DANIEL:
Lo que buscaba,
lo descubrĂ en
un velo de pĂĄginas
como un sudario.
Me atormenta
un nombre vacĂo;
una ala azul pĂĄlido
cae como neblina
sobre su cara.
ÂżMe parezco a ella?
Esta ciudad que alberga
el amor y el odio,
el peso de la guerra,
me interroga:
ÂżDeberĂa
regresar
a sus entraĂąas?
JUNTOS:
Eres // lo que buscaba,
parte de mĂ. // Lo descubrĂ en
un sueĂąo imprudente, // un velo de pĂĄginas
que creĂa quemado // como un sudario.
MirĂĄndote, // me atormenta
lo que podrĂa haber sido // un nombre vacĂo;
una ala azul pĂĄlido
se dispara como agujas, // cae como neblina
sobre nuestras cabezas â // sobre su cara.
Y grito: // ÂżMe parezco a ella?
ÂĄSe parece a mĂ, // esta ciudad que alberga
el mar y el fuego, // el amor y el odio,
el EdĂŠn y los desagĂźes â // el peso de la guerra
tallado en sus huesos! // Me interroga:
ÂżLa quiero como // deberĂa?
ÂżQuieres // regresar
a sus entraĂąas?
đŹđ§ ENGLISH đŹđ§
JULIĂN:
You are
a part of me,
a careless dream
I thought Iâd burnt.
Looking at you,
what could have been
rises like spires
over our heads
And I scream:
âShe looks like me!â
Ocean and fire,
Eden and sewer filth
carved in her bones â
I love her
like you love.
DANIEL:
What Iâve been looking for,
I discovered in
a veil of pages
like a shroud
I am haunted by
an empty name;
a pale blue wing
falls like fog
over her face.
Do I look like her?
This city that shelters
love and hatred,
the weight of war â
it makes me wonder:
Should I
return
to her womb?
BOTH:
You are // what Iâve been looking for,
a part of me. // I learnt so in
a careless dream, // a veil of pages
I thought had burnt // like a shroud.
Looking at you, // I am haunted by
what could have been // an empty name;
a pale blue wing
rises like spires, // falls like fog
over our heads â // over her face.
And I scream: // âDo I look like her?
She looks like me, // this city that shelters
ocean and fire, // love and hatred,
Eden and sewer filth // â the weight of war
carved in her bones!â // It demands to know:
Do I love her // like I should?
Do you want // to return
To her entrails?
BONUS COMMENTARY
If youâve made it this far, youâve probably noticed that there are little nuances in the Spanish version that called for vocabulary variations in the translation! For instance, in Danielâs part, âentraĂąasâ refers to his motherâs womb; but in the overarching poem, I used âentrailsâ because I was talking about Barcelona itself and wanted to highlight the ambiguity of its entrailsâ nature â a womb that gives birth, or a stomach that devours and vomits?
Speaking of Barcelona â the original English draft didnât make it clear enough that the city itself was the topic of the overarching poem, rather than a hypothetical female character/weird mix of PenĂŠlope and Danielâs mum (possibly even BeaâŚ?). Spanishâs gendered pronouns came in really handy here!
If you havenât already, go read La Sombra del Viento (The Shadow of the Wind) by Carlos Ruiz ZafĂłn â itâs great! đđĽ
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