Baltasar del Alcázar
Baltasar del Alcázar
Baltasar del Alcázar (1530–1606) was a Spanish poet from Seville, Spain.[1] He was the sixth child of Luis del Alcázar. His poetry was about life and love, most of it spiced with a keen sense of humor.
He died in Ronda.
Works
A short example of his poetry is Tres Cosas (Three Things):
Tres cosas me tienen preso
de amores el corazón.
La bella Inés, el jamón
y berenjenas con queso.
(Three things have caught my heart:
The pretty Inés, cured ham
and aubergines with cheese.)
Epigrams
- A un giboso de delante
- A una mujer escuálida
- Constanza
- Dios nos guarde
- Doña Valentina
- El estudiante (The Student)
- Hiere la hermosa Elvira...
- Entraron en una danza... (El baile)
- Job
- La capa (The Hat)
- La nariz de Clara
- Los ojos de Ana
- Salir por pies
- Preso de amores
- Su modo de vivir en la vejez
- Una cena jocosa
- Yo acuerdo revelaros un secreto.
Sonnets
- A Cristo
- Al amor
- Cercada está mi alma de contrarios
- Di, rapaz mentiroso.
Other
- Cena jocosa
- Diálogo entre dos perrillos
- Diálogo entre un galán y el eco
- Consejos a una viuda.
Notes
- ↑ Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James (1920). Cambridge Readings In Spanish literature. The University press. p. 49.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baltasar del Alcázar. |
- Poesía de Baltasar del Alcazar web site with many poems written by Baltasar del Alcázar (in Spanish). It also has audio files.
- Audio of Una cena jocosa, recorded by Adolfo Marsillach — palabravirtual.com (Spanish).
- Digital works of Alcázar at the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica (Hispanic Digital Library) of the National Library of Spain
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