Translation: Unmoving as a venerated idol Encased in dense … - José Santos Chocano

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Translation:
Unmoving as a venerated idol
Encased in dense links of steel
Outlined against the water, sombre and transfixed Like some enchanted prince
Held prisoner forever
In the river’s crystal palace.

José Santos Chocano

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About José Santos Chocano

José Santos Chocano Gastañodi (14 May 1875 – 13 December 1934) was a Peruvian poet and political activist, whose work was widely praised across Europe and Latin America.

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Alternative Names: José Santos Chocano Gastañodi • Jose Santos Chocano

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Inmóvil como un ídolo sagrado,
ceñido en mallas de compacto acero,
está ante el agua estático y sombrío, a manera de un príncipe encantado
que vive eternamente prisionero
en el palacio de cristal de un río.

Translation:
I am the aboriginal and savage singer of America;
my lyre has a soul, my song has an ideal.
My poetry does not swing from the branches
With the slow movement of a tropical hammock.

Soy el cantor de América autóctono y salvaje:
mi lira tiene un alma, mi canto un ideal.
Mi verso no se mece colgado de un ramaje
con un vaivén pausado de hamaca tropical.

Translation: Unmoving as a venerated idol Encased in dense links of steel Outlined against the water, sombre and transfixed Like some enchanted princ… - José Santos Chocano

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