Today Heaven and Earth smile at me,
Today the sun reaches the bottom of my heart,
today I saw her, I saw her and she saw me…
Today I believe in God!
After having bashed and insulted Bécquer repeatedly I thought I should give you a sample of his work so that you could judge. Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer is something of an institution in my hometown, where he was born. He was a Romantic poet, who wrote poems of unrequited love (very probably autobiographical), compiled posthumously as the Rhymes. He wrote Gothic short stories too. I cannot give an opinion on his prose. I despise his poetry with more energy than he deserves. That little thing above is one of the simplest, shortest rhymes. Bécquer is popular among High School literature teachers and students alike, because he’s easy to understand, easy to write exams on, and of course, when you’re a teenager you can identify with his vision of love. At that age in which your crushes on strangers make you want to write poetry, say, early teens, the Spanish school system gives you Bécquer. Stylistic catastrophes follow.
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Hoy la tierra y los cielos me sonríen,
hoy llega al fondo de mi corazón el sol,
hoy la he visto, la he visto y me ha mirado....
¡Hoy creo en Dios!
Como he insultado a Bécquer un puñado de veces ya, creo que más vale que pongo algún poema suyo para que los demás puedan juzgarlo, aunque me imagino que los lectores en español saben de sobra quién es. Este escritor es poco menos que una institución en mi ciudad, porque nació aquí. Además de estos espantosos poemas de amor no correspondido, escribió cuentos góticos, de los que no tengo opinión. Para su poesía tengo el más absoluto desprecio.
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