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 |
Three things have caught my heart: |
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
- ^ 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 the 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