I'm celebrating my father's life by sharing his poetry beyond the Spanish word. Although I'm not a translator I'll try my best to convey in English (with a little creative license) Dad's romantic, festive and often nostalgic messages. It will be both of us talking with you. I hope you join me on this journey. Read on and enjoy! Andrés
Why do this?
My father, José Luis Villamizar Melo, passed away in my home town of Cúcuta, Colombia, in August last year. The law and economics were Dad's profession, but literature, history and academia his passion. He wrote and published several books, articles and book chapters. The thing is that so many people have missed out on his work, particularly on his beautiful poetry, which he wrote in Spanish prior to the world wide web. So I thought, what a better way to keep Dad's legacy alive than to bring his writing beyond his world and share it with mine. That is why I am translating over 250 of my Dad's poems to English and publishing them here, one a day, Monday to Friday during 2011 (Dad, a family man, always believed that you shouldn't work on weekends).
Friday, February 18, 2011
Spell (Conjuro)
From my Dad’s book The celebrated afternoon (La tarde festejada).
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