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Ah, but the "y memoria ninguna" is the brilliant touch that makes Mig's sig my favourite on ET. (I'm not insensitive to the "casa" and "poco hacienda" either).
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Dec 1st, 2009 at 11:17:23 AM EST
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poca.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Dec 1st, 2009 at 11:18:38 AM EST
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y memoria ninguna is the poetic way to say Fuck this for a lark.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Dec 1st, 2009 at 12:25:44 PM EST
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Heh. One way of looking at it. Indeed, having reread that entire thread, yes.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Dec 1st, 2009 at 12:58:06 PM EST
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Then I agree with all of it! We can't forget it but we can adopt a "Fuck it all attitude about it."

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Tue Dec 1st, 2009 at 03:52:25 PM EST
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Here's the complete poem (in a single stanza!):
De Vita Beata

En un viejo país ineficiente,
algo así como España entre dos guerras
civiles, en un pueblo junto al mar,
poseer una casa y poca hacienda
y memoria ninguna. No leer,
no sufrir, no escribir, no pagar cuentas,
y vivir como un noble arruinado
entre las ruinas de mi inteligencia.

Of blissful life

In an old inefficient country,
something like Spain between two civil wars,
in a village by the sea,
to possess a house and little wealth
and no memory. Not to read,
not to suffer, nor to write, not to pay accounts,
and to live like a ruined noble
among the ruins of my intelligence.



En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Dec 1st, 2009 at 04:42:41 PM EST
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