Para un menu

Manuel Gutierrez Najera 1859 (Mexico City) – 1895 (Mexico City)



Las novias pasadas son copas vacías,
en ellas pusimos un poco de amor;
el néctar tomamos... huyeron los días...
¡Traed otras copas con nuevo licor!

¡Champán son las rubias de cutis de azalia;
borgoña los labios de vivo carmín;
los ojos obscuros son vino de Italia
los verdes y claros son vino del Rhin!

¡Las bocas de grana son húmedas fresas;
las negras pupilas escancian café,

son ojos azules las llamas traviesas
que trémulas corren como almas del té!

¡La copa se apura, la dicha se agota;
de un sorbo tomamos mujer y licor...
Las copas dejemos...; si queda una gota,
que beba el lacayo la heces de amor!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CXCX AX AD DBDB
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 613
Words 111
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2, 2, 4

Manuel Gutierrez Najera

Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (Spanish: [ɡuˈtjerez ˈnaxeɾa]; December 22, 1859 – February 3, 1895) was a Mexican writer and political figure. more…

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