Hi Bill! This was not a piece of written by me but by Calderon de la Barca. It is part of a play with the tittle "La Vida es Sueno" Which was created in the Spanish Barroc Literature. I think in XVI century but I am not completely sure about exactly time (I forgot!). It is part of the legacy of Spanish literature. The reason because this piece was inserted here was due to the brilliant glimpse of illusion of life and the questioning about it by Segismundo. Segismundo is in jail at that moment. The jail simbolices our jail the body and the mind as a source of confussion and illusion. At the same time in solitude and silence in the jail, Segismundo starts to have very deep thoughts about the nature of things. He becomes an observant of everything that is going on. What appears to be is not what appears to be. Nothing is what appears to be. He is having a glimpse of the ultimate dimension and because of that sees life like a dream. At the very least this is how I understand this Soliloquio with the whole play. Spanish literature is inmensely rich but unfortunately is not well known. Most of the world knows from our literature just Cervantes and his Quijote de la Mancha and a little bit more. There are not translations. Thanks for your feedback With respect Mayka
x --- In [email protected], "Bill Smart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mayka, > > > > ¿Es este sueño el sueño del este persona solemente ? ¿Tu tienes un sueño y > yo tiene otro ? ¿O es este sueño el sueño del todos gentes ? Y si claro, > quien esta suenañdo ? > > > > (Ahora Mayka puede ser que yo escribe bien o no bien.) > > > > Espero que tu tienes un buen sueño Bill ! > > > > Mayka escribi: > > Sueña el rey que es rey, y vive > con este engaño mandando, > disponiendo y gobernando; > y este aplauso, que recibe > prestado, en el viento escribe, 5 > y en cenizas le convierte > la muerte, ¡desdicha fuerte! > ¿Que hay quien intente reinar, > viendo que ha de despertar > en el sueño de la muerte? 10 > > Sueña el rico en su riqueza, > que más cuidados le ofrece; > sueña el pobre que padece > su miseria y su pobreza; > sueña el que a medrar empieza, 15 > sueña el que afana y pretende, > sueña el que agravia y ofende, > y en el mundo, en conclusión, > todos sueñan lo que son, > aunque ninguno lo entiende. 20 > > Yo sueño que estoy aquí > destas prisiones cargado, > y soñé que en otro estado > más lisonjero me vi. > ¿Qué es la vida? Un frenesí. 25 > ¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión, > una sombra, una ficción, > y el mayor bien es pequeño: > que toda la vida es sueño, > y los sueños, sueños son. 30 > > Calderon de la Barca > Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
