CANTIGA

by: Gil Vicente (c. 1470 - c. 1536)

      ULL of grace exceedingly,
      As she hath charm and loveliness;
      Speak, O sailor of the sea,
      And from out thy bark, confess
      That never ship nor sail can be
      Beautiful as she.
      Speak, thou knightly man-at-arms,
      Boasting of thy panoply,--
      Are horse or sword or war-alarms
      Beautiful as she?
      Speak, thou shepherd of the hills,
      Where thine idle flocks are free,--
      Are there peaks or vales or rills
      Beautiful as she?

--Translated by Thomas Walsh

"Cantiga" is reprinted from Hispanic Anthology: Poems Translated from the Spanish by English and North American Poets. Ed. Thomas Walsh. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920.

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