Hiro Protagonist

Campoamor, Ramón de
1817–1901, Spanish poet, the first to break with the romantic tradition of long, tragic, and emotional poetry. While no longer generally popular, he was one of the most popular Spanish poets of his time, noted for his humorous short poems collected in Doloras (1846), Pequeños poemas (1872–74), and Humoradas (1886–88).

EPIC POEMS No matter how content I be, a pain is hidden in me that I feel I know not where born from I know not what. * I am grieved or content, born into full hands, for each joy one hundred griefs, for each pain another hundred.

CANTARES Por más contento que esté, una pena en mí se esconde que la siento no sé dónde y nace de no sé qué. ... Tenga penas o contento, me nacen a manos llenas, por cada placer cien penas, por cada pena otras ciento.

PANGS Love & glory On sand and on wind the heavens have smelted all! The world of clay the same as the world of sentiment. From a groundwork of love and glory they are but air and sand. Towers by which through illusion world and hearts are filled; those of the world are sand, and air those of the heart!

DOLORAS Amor y Gloria ¡Sobre arena y sobre viento lo ha fundado el cielo todo! Lo mismo el mundo del lodo que el mundo del sentimiento. De amor y gloria el cimiento sólo aire y arena son. ¡Torres con que la ilusión mundo y corazones llena; las del mundo sois arena, y aire las del corazón !

CAPRICES Speak to me more... and more..., let your accents draw me out of this abyss; the day that I do not escape myself, my thoughts will be devoured. *** Poking fun at his rivals he writes glees for you with a sword.

HUMORADAS Háblame más... y más..., que tus acentos me saquen de este abismo; el día en que no salga de mí mismo, se me van a comer los pensamientos.

(Obras Completas, Barcelona, 1888)