In a passion that is guilty Who bears the greater blame: Sh… - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

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In a passion that is guilty
Who bears the greater blame:
She who falls on being entreated
Or he who falls to make entreaty?
When each is guilty of sin,
Which is the most to blame:
She who sins for payment,
Or he who pays for the sin?

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Juana Inés de la Cruz, O.S.H. (English: Joan Agnes of the Cross; 12 November 1651 – 17 April 1695), was a self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, and Hieronymite nun of New Spain, known in her lifetime as "The Tenth Muse."

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Native Name: Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana

Alternative Names: Juana Ines de la Cruz • Sor Juana Ines • Jeane-Ignes de la Cruz • Sor Juana • Juana Ines de Asbaje y Ramirez de Santillana • Juana Inés de la Cruz

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Hombres necios que acusáis
A la mujer, sin razón,
Sin ver que sois la ocasión
De lo mismo que culpáis:
Si con ansia sin igual
Solicitáis su desdén
¿Por qué queréis que obren bien,
Si las incitáis al mal?

You foolish men, who accuse
Women without good reason,
You are the cause of what you blame,
Yours the guilt you deny.
If you seek the love of women to win
With ardor beyond compare,
Why require them to be good,
When 'tis you who urge their sin?

How clear it is they were wise,
when they conceded their defeat,
for it is an achievement to have bowed
to the supremacy of reason!

In a passion that is guilty Who bears the greater blame: She who falls on being entreated Or he who falls to make entreaty? When each is guilty of si… - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

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