domingo, 9 de septiembre de 2007

Carpe diem (¡Aprovecha el día!)


¿Recuerdas aquel film de los 80's, La Sociedad de los Poetas Muertos, de Peter Weir, que puso de moda la frase latina: carpe diem?


Esta semana tuve la ocasión de recordarlo, en especial el poema de Whitman dedicado al campeón de la libertad, Abraham Lincoln:


"O Captain! My Captain!", Walt Whitman


O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring.
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red!
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

II.

O captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up! For you the flag is flung, for you the bugle trills:
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths, for you the shores a-crowding:
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning.
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.


III.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won!
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

3 comentarios:

Joseín Moros dijo...

Recuerdos, oh! recuerdos. Revivir.

Alain dijo...

Excelente Blog la verdad me llama mucho la atención….
Hace poco empecé el mío
Se llama Bonjour Quebec
http://bonjourquebec.blogspot.com
Cualquier cosa estoy a la orden
Saludos ...
Alain

Aurora Pinto dijo...

Hola, Josein, ¿verdad que esta película te trae recuerdos?

Alain, gracias, sólo conozco Toronto, pero todos me dicen que Montreal es lo mejor de Canadá.
Mucha suerte en tu nueva vida!!!