«La sirena»: Alfred Tennyson; poema y análisis.
La sirena (The Mermaid) es un poema mitológico del escritor inglés Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), publicado en las antologías: Poemas, principalmente líricos (Poems, Chiefly Lyrical), y Poemas (Poems).
La sirena, uno de los grandes poemas de Alfred Tennyson, introduce el concepto de Sirena en términos de mujer solitaria, misteriosa, y sobre todo contemplativa, alisando sus cabellos en alguna roca junto al mar, pero que al mismo tiempo, a pesar de su apariencia seductora, no pertenece al mundo de los hombres, sino a las profundidades del mar.
La sirena.
The Mermaid, Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
Pero por la noche erraría lejos, lejos,
dejaría que cayera mi cascada de rizos,
saltaría aérea sobre el trono y jugaría
con los tritones entre las rocas;
correríamos de aquí para allá, escondiéndonos y buscándonos
sobre los altos y ondulados terrenos marinos en los lechos carmesí,
cuyos plateados riscos se asoman al mar.
Pero si alguien se acerca gritaré
y como una ola saltaré desde las cornisas plateadas
que sobresalen de lo profundo.
Porque a mí no me besaría cualquiera de los atrevidos y
alegres tritones del fondo del mar;
ellos me seguirían y me cortejarían y me halagarían
en el ocaso púrpura del fondo del mar.
Pero el rey de todos ellos sí podría raptarme
y cortejarme, ganarme y casarse conmigo,
entre las ramas de jaspe del fondo marino.
Entonces todos los seres que están en los traslúcidos musgos
del fondo oceánico, se enroscarán silenciosamente
a mis pies de plata, mirando hacia arriba, buscando mi amor.
Y cuando yo cantara alegremente desde lo alto,
todos los seres blandos, ahorquillados y con cuernos
se asomarían a la honda esfera del mar
y mirarían abajo buscando mi amor.
But at night I would wander away, away,
I would fling on each side my low-flowing locks,
And lightly vault from the throne and play
With the mermen in and out of the rocks;
We would run to and fro, and hide and seek,
On the broad sea-wolds in the crimson shells,
Whose silvery spikes are nighest the sea.
But if any came near I would call and shriek,
And adown the steep like a wave I would leap
From the diamond-ledges that jut from the dells;
For I would not be kiss'd by all who would list
Of the bold merry mermen under the sea.
They would sue me, and woo me, and flatter me,
In the purple twilights under the sea;
But the king of them all would carry me,
Woo me, and win me, and marry me,
In the branching jaspers under the sea.
Then all the dry-pied things that be
In the hueless mosses under the sea
Would curl round my silver feet silently,
All looking up for the love of me.
And if I should carol aloud, from aloft
All things that are forked, and horned, and soft
Would lean out from the hollow sphere of the sea,
All looking down for the love of me.
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
I would fling on each side my low-flowing locks,
And lightly vault from the throne and play
With the mermen in and out of the rocks;
We would run to and fro, and hide and seek,
On the broad sea-wolds in the crimson shells,
Whose silvery spikes are nighest the sea.
But if any came near I would call and shriek,
And adown the steep like a wave I would leap
From the diamond-ledges that jut from the dells;
For I would not be kiss'd by all who would list
Of the bold merry mermen under the sea.
They would sue me, and woo me, and flatter me,
In the purple twilights under the sea;
But the king of them all would carry me,
Woo me, and win me, and marry me,
In the branching jaspers under the sea.
Then all the dry-pied things that be
In the hueless mosses under the sea
Would curl round my silver feet silently,
All looking up for the love of me.
And if I should carol aloud, from aloft
All things that are forked, and horned, and soft
Would lean out from the hollow sphere of the sea,
All looking down for the love of me.
Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
Poemas góticos. I Poemas de Lord Alfred Tennyson.
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