Sonnet XXIV.Mine eye hath play'd the painter...
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Mine eye hath play'd the painter and hath stell'd
Thy beauty's form in table of my heart;
My body is the frame wherein 'tis held,
And perspective it is the painter's art.
For through the painter must you see his skill,
To find where your true image pictured lies;
Which in my bosom's shop is hanging still,
That hath his windows glazed with thine eyes.
Now see what good turns eyes for eyes have done:
Mine eyes have drawn thy shape, and thine for me
Are windows to my breast, where-through the sun
Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee;
Yet eyes this cunning want to grace their art;
They draw but what they see, know not the heart.
Soneto XXIV
Pintores son mis ojos: te fijaron
sobre la tabla de mi corazón,
y mi cuerpo es el marco que sostiene
la perspectiva de la obra insigne.
A través del pintor hay que mirar
para encontrar tu imagen verdadera,
colgada en el taller que hay en mi pecho
al que brindan ventanas sus dos ojos.
Y observa de los ojos el servicio:
los míos diseñaron tu figura,
los tuyos son ventanas de mi pecho
por las que atisba el sol, feliz de verte.
Mas algo falta al arte de los ojos:
dibujan lo que ven y al alma ignoran.Etiquetas: William Shakespeare |
