Baltasar del Alcázar

Spanish poet
Baltasar del Alcázar

Baltasar del Alcázar (1530 in Seville, Spain–16 February 1606 in Ronda) was a Spanish poet.[1] He was the sixth child of Luis del Alcázar. His poetry was about life and love, most of it spiced with a keen sense of humor.

Works

A short example of his poetry is Tres Cosas (Three Things):

Tres cosas me tienen preso
de amores el corafzón.
La bella Inés, el jamón
y berenjenas con queso.

Three things have caught my heart:

The pretty Inés, cured ham
and aubergines with cheese.

Epigrams

  • A un giboso de delante
  • A una mujer escuálida
  • Constanza
  • Dios nos guarde
  • Doña Valentina
  • El estudiante (The Student)
  • Hiere la hermosa Elvira...
  • Entraron en una danza... (El baile)
  • Job
  • La capa (The Hat)
  • La nariz de Clara
  • Los ojos de Ana
  • Salir por pies
  • Preso de amores
  • Su modo de vivir en la vejez
  • Una cena jocosa
  • Yo acuerdo revelaros un secreto.

Sonnets

  • A Cristo
  • Al amor
  • Cercada está mi alma de contrarios
  • Di, rapaz mentiroso.

Other

  • Cena jocosa
  • Diálogo entre dos perrillos
  • Diálogo entre un galán y el eco
  • Consejos a una viuda.

Notes

  1. ^ Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James (1920). Cambridge Readings In Spanish literature. The University press. p. 49. Baltasar del Alcázar 1530.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baltasar del Alcázar.
  • Poesía de Baltasar del Alcazar web site with many poems written by Baltasar del Alcázar (in Spanish). It also has audio files.
  • Works by or about Baltasar del Alcázar at Internet Archive
  • Works by Baltasar del Alcázar at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
  • Audio of Una cena jocosa, recorded by Adolfo Marsillach — palabravirtual.com (in Spanish).
  • Digital works of Alcázar at the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica (Hispanic Digital Library) of the National Library of Spain
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