Friday, January 31, 2014

My Spanish is that of a Midwestern Methodist boy schooled in Aurora IL at Jefferson Junior High by Senorita Blandy tempered by 40+ years in NM. “Manola” can mean a needle, a syringe. In this case Manola is a woman who embodies Granada by nature and dress. Respect is implied by the capital letter. My foolish understanding would run thus: You are the woman who embodies your home, sung of in precious couplets. I have no other thing to offer you than an arm full of roses. Roses of such soft fragrance that they bear the mark of the Virgin of dark hair, skin, eyes. Granada, your land is full of beautiful women, of blood and of sun. Granada, Manola cantada en coplas preciosas No tengo otra cosa que darte que un ramo de rosas De rosas de suave fragancia Que le dieran marco a la Virgen morena Granada, tu tierra esta llena De lindas mujeres, de sangre y de sol

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