Traducciones poéticas (Rafael Pombo)

REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA

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TRADUCCIONES POETICAS

POR

RAFAEL POMBO

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Edición oficial hecha bajo la dirección
de don Antonio Gómez Restrepo

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BOGOTA

IMPRENTA NACIONAL

1917

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Indice

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Pags.

Elogio de Pombo, por don Lorenzo Marroquín ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

III

POESÍA INGLESA

Naufragio ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		5
Soliloquio de Hamlet (Shakespeare) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		5
Romeo y Julieta (Shakespeare) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		7
Soneto ii (Shakespeare) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		8
Soneto xi (Shakespeare) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		8
Soneto xiii (Shakespeare) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		9
Amor de moribundo (Shakespeare) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		9
Las noches de Shakespeare (Shakespeare) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		10
Venus y Adonis (Shakespeare) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		10
Soneto xcv (Shakespeare) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		11
Soneto cxlvii (Shakespeare) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		11
Fragmento (Shakespeare) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		12
Zelica (Moore) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		12
She walks in beauty (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		20
When we two parted (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		20
A M. S. G. (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		21
A María Chaworth (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		22
Farewell (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		23
A María Chaworth (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		B4
Mi alma está triste (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		25
Fare the well (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		25
La oración de la naturaleza (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		27
A M. S. G. (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		29
A Florencia (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		30
En un álbum (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		32
El último canto (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		32
Canción (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		35
A Inés (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		34
Child Harold (Fragmentos) (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		36
A Isabel (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		41
Written in Atthens (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		42
Que cuando yo no exista (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		42
Improvisados (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		43
Epitafio de un perro (Byron) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		43
In the shadow (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		44
Santa Filomena (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		44
El herrero del pueblo (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		46
La flecha y la canción (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		47
A Mr. Longfellow (R. Pombo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		48
¡Excelsior! (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		49
Cansancio (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		50
El arsenal de Springfield (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		51
La ventana abierta (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		53
Evangelina (fragmento) (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		53
La niñez (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		66

El amanecer (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		57
El salmo de la vida (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		58
Gaspar Becerra (Longíellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		59
Loe obreros (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		60
La vida futura (Bryant) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		61
El sol de Mayo (Bryant) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		62
Paisaje de invierno (Bryant) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		63
Viento de verano (Bryant) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		67
El redoble de la gallina de monte (Bryant) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		6ft
Canción de la amazona griega (Bryant) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		70
¡Oh hija del campo! (Bryant) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		71
La jornada de la vida (Bryant) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		73
Las pampas del Norte (Bryant) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		73
La muerte de las flores (Brjyant) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		77
El firmamento (Bryant) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		79
El Puente de los Suspiros (Hood) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		80
I remember, I remember (Hood) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		83
La noche engañosa (Blanco White) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		85
Días que fueron (Tennyson) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		85
La divina tragedia (fragmento) (Longfellow) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		86

POESÍA FRANCESA.

La inmaculada Concepción (Corneille) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		91
La caridad (Racine) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		91
El arroyo (Lebrun) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		92
El primer deseo (Dovalle) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		93
Himno al Cristo (Lamartine) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		95
A Elvira (Lamartine) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		95
El otoño (Laimartine) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		97
Invocación (Lamartine) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		98
El Occidente (Lamartine) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		99
El lago (Lamartine) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		100
El poeta moribundo (Lamartine) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		102
Pasando lista (Lamartine) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		106
La novia del timbalero (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		107
Cuando yo duerma (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		110
La tumba y la rosa (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		110
A una joven (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		111
Consejo (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		111
15 de febrero de 1843 (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		112
La tristeza de Olimpio (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		112
El monte Atlas (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		115
Paseo por las rocas (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		115
Loe cómodos (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		116
Pati (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		118
El matrimonio de Orlando (Víctor Hugo) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		121
¡Rappelle-toi! (Musset) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		129
Souvenir (Museet) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		130
Mi entierro (Béranger) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		131
Afinidades secretas (Gautier) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		133
Mis diez y ocho años (E. Deschamps) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		135
El olvido (Heredia) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		136
Billet de faire part (Jacques Normand) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		136
Escrito en una calavera (Clement) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		137
Junto al sepulcro de Bolívar (León Duplessis) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		138
Simón Bolívar (Luis de Ratisbonne) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		143

POESÍA ALEMANA.

La serenata (Uhland) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		147
Tres palabras de fortaleza (Schiller) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		147
La encontré (Goethe) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		148
Canción del Rey de Thule (Goethe) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		148
Balada de Mignon (Goethe) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		149
Canción de Mayo (Goethe) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		150
El trovador (Goethe) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		151
El solo (Goethe) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		152
Mignon de ángel (Goethe) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		152
El tedio (Goethe) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		153

POESÍA ITALIANA

Ave María (Comelio Enrico) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		158
Traviata (El brindis) (Francesco María Piave) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		158

POESÍA PORTUGUESA

Soneto (José Natiridad Sald-anha) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		163
A Jesucristo (José Natividad Saldanha) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		163
Soneto (José Natividad Saldanha) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		164
Al señor Cadete Sebastian do Regó (José Natividad Saldanha) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		164
A doña Inés de Castro (José Natividad Saldanha) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		165

POESÍA SAGRADA

El sermón del monte ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		176
Salmo 129. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

POESÍA GRIEGA

A la tierra (himno atribuido a Homero) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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POESÍA LATINA

Episodio de Laoconte (Virgilio) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		183
Égloga viii (fragmento) (Virgilio) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		183
Égloga x (fragmento) (Virgilio) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		184

ODAS DE HORACIO

Oda 3ª, libro 1° Sic te Diva ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		187
Oda 4ª, libro l° Solvitur aoris hiemt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		188
Oda 9ª, libro 1° Vides ut alta ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		189
Oda 10, libro 1° Mercuri facunda ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		190
Oda 11, libro 1° Tu ne quacsicris ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		191
Oda 14, libro 1° O navia referent ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		191
Oda 15, libro 1° Pattor cum traherct ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		193
Oda 21, libro 1° DiOnam Jtenerae ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		194
Oda 22, libro 1° Integer vitae ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		195
Oda 24, libro 1° Quia desiderio ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		196
Oda 29, libro 1° Icci, Jteatis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		197
Oda 30, libro l° O Venus, regina ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		198
Oda 31, libro 1° Quid dedicatum ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		198

Oda 32, libro 1° Poscimur, si quid vacui ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		199
Oda, 34, libro 1° Parens Deorum ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		200
Oda 2», libro 2° Nullus argento ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		200
Oda 3», libro 2o Aequam memento ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		201
Oda 8», libro 2° ülla si juris ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		203
Oda 10, libro 2° Rectius vives ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		204
Oda 14, libro 2» Eheu fugaces ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		205
Oda 15, libro 2° Jam pauce aratro ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		205
Oda 16, libro 2° Otium Divos ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		206
Oda 17, libro 2° Cur me quei^lis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		207
Oda 18, libro 2° 'Non el)ur ñeque aurum ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		208
Oda 20, libro 2° Non usitata ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		212
Oda 2», libro 3o Angustam amXci ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		212
Oda 3», libro 3? Justum et tenacem ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		213
Oda 4», libro 3o Descende coelo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		215
Oda 5», libro 3o Coelo tonantem, ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		217
Oda €♦, libro 3o Delicta majorum ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		219
Oda 9», libro 3? Doñee gratus eram ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		220
Oda 18, libro 3? Faune Nimpharum ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		222
Oda 24 libro 3? Int/ictis opulentior ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		222
Oda 25, libro 3o Quo me, Baeche ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		224
Oda 29, libro 3o Tyrrena regum ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		225
Oda 26, libro 3o Yixi puellis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		227
Oda 30, libro 3o Exegi monumentufn ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		228
Oda 2», libro 4o Pindarum quisquís ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		229
Oda 3% libro 4o Quem tu Melpomene ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		230
Oda 4», libro 4? Qualem ministrum ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		231
Oda 5», libro 4? Divis orte l)onis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		233
Oda 6», libro 4o Dive quem proles ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		235
Oda 7», libro 4o Diffugere nives ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		236
Oda 8», libro 4o Donarem patera^ ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		237
Oda 12, libro 4? Jam veris comités ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		238
Oda 2», del Epodon Betítus Ule ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		239
Oda 4», del lElpodoii Lupis et agnis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		241
Oda 6», del Epodon Quid immerentes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		242
Oda 7», del í^odon Quo, quo, scelesti ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		243
Oda 15, del Epodo Nox erat ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		243
Oda 16, del Epodon Altera jam teritur ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		244
Notas ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		247

APÉNDICE

Himno de Nerón (Sienkiewicz) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		255
A una escosesa (Worsworth) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		256
Libertad- y amor (señora Chrisfbie de Senrano) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		258
El (secrteto de la naturaleza (señora Christie de Serrano) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		259
Los dos héroes (señora Christie de Serrano) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		261
Btabat Mater ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		264
Cartas de Longrfelllow a Pombo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		266
Traducciones poéticas de Pombo, por Antonio Gómez Bestrepo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		269
La coronación de Pombo Crónica por Reg ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		2S1
La caída de iWlolsey (Shakespeare), R Pombo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		291
Woom4m, spare that tree (Morris), R Pombo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................		295