Madrigal (#1)
Nicolás Guillén * Track #4 On Sóngoro cosongo
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Madrigal (#1) by Nicolás Guillén
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Many critics have wanted to pigeonhole the work of Guillén (exclusively taking into account his first book Motivos de Son 1930) within the limits of the what has been called poesía negra or black poetry. It has been an obsession obeyed again and again and perpetuated as well. They never understood...
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Madrigal (#1) Annotated
Tu vientre sabe más que tu cabeza
y tanto como tus muslos.
Esa
es la fuerte gracia negra
de tu cuerpo desnudo.
Signo de selva el tuyo,
con tus collares rojos,
tus brazaletes de oro curvo,
y ese caimán oscuro
nadando en el Zambeze de tus ojos.