Qué significa Ligera??

Question

I am trying to understand the poem "Cancion de otono en primavera" by Ruben Dario and there are two lines that I do not understand.. "y de nuestra carne ligera imaginar siempre un Eden," Gracias por su ayuda!! Kelan

Answer 1

"and our light meat always imagine Eden,"

I got the translation on this website.

That's the problem with the automated translators - sometimes they yield rather funny things. In this case the word we want for "carne" is not "meat", but "flesh". - Gekkosan, Mar 30, 2010

Answer 2

I'm a beginner, but I am taking a stab at this.

Carne also means flesh and ligera can mean superficial. I think it means something like 'our superficial flesh forever imagining Eden'. Again, this is just my best guess.

Buena suerte!

sure, he refers to flesh as "light" as something temporary, not undestroyable. - ismarodri_uy, Mar 30, 2010

Answer 3

light (as in lightweight) and/or swift

hope that helps!

Answer 4

Alright! Sounds great! Thanks so much!

Answer 5

...and always imagine that our thin (or light) flesh is an Eden,

Ah yes that makes it so much more imaginable and pleasing, thank you! - ray76, Mar 30, 2010

Answer 6

¡She deemed our flesh a deathless thing, and on desire an Eden reared, forgetting that the flowers of spring and of the flesh so soon are reared.!

A beautifull poem , I wonder is it close to his translation from the Spanish , and did he translate all his own poems.?