Abstract
“Si ya la vista de llorar cansada” is not an amorous sonnet, and does not invoke the country mansion of an earthly beauty, from which the poet has been banished. It refers instead, to the Cathedral of Cordoba, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Close in form and in subject-matter to the more famous “Oh excelso muro, oh torres coronadas”, it hides a veiled sadness for the fate of those who built the Mosque, and for the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. This is present in the allusion, both in the first and the last line, to their Babylonian exile. These aspects point to the author’s circumspect sympathy for the contemporary destiny of both communities, Jewish and Moslem.
Highlights
Al peregrino por tu causa vemos alcázares dejar, donde excedida de la sublimidad la vista, apela para su hermosura, en que la arquitectura a la gëometría se rebela, jaspes calzada y pórfidos vestida
it hides a veiled sadness for the fate
This is present in the allusion
Summary
RESUMEN: “Si ya la vista de llorar cansada” no es soneto amoroso, y no invoca en sus tercetos la mansión de campo de una mujer terrenal, de la que el poeta ha sido desterrado, sino la Catedral de Córdoba, dedicada a la Virgen María. ABSTRACT: “Si ya la vista de llorar cansada” is not an amorous sonnet, and does not invoke the country mansion of an earthly beauty, from which the poet has been banished It refers instead, to the Cathedral of Córdoba, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Close in form and in subject-matter to the more famous “Oh excelso muro, oh torres coronadas”, it hides a veiled sadness for the fate of those who built the Mosque, and for the expulsion of the Jews from Spain. This is present in the allusion, both in the first and the last line, to their Babylonian exile.
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