En cada espejo yace un doble
the grammar translation
En cada espejo yace un doble, que nos refleja y nos abisma
2 Answers
Oohhh, this is deep (if I translated correctly).
En cada espejo yace un doble que nos refleja y nos abisma.
In each mirror lies a double that reflects/shows us and depresses/shocks us.
Here is how I received that ^^:
En cada espejo - In each mirror
Yace - from the verb "yacer", meaning to lie (not mentir as in not the truth, but yacer as in position)
Un doble que - a double (lookalike) that
Nos refleja - we have "refleja" from the verb "reflejar", meaning to reflect. We also have our indirect [please correct me if this is actually direct] object "nos", meaning us.
Y - and!
Nos abisma - we have "abisma" from the verb "abismar", meaning to astonish or to depress. Again, we have our indirect [if this is direct, please let me know!] object pronoun "nos", meaning us.
The line is from Repaso Nocturno, a poem by Octavio Paz:
Hay puentes invisibles entre el dormir y el velar. Los dormidos muerden el racimo de su propia fatiga; el racimo solar de la resurrección cotidiana; los desvelados tallan el diamante que ha de vencer la noche; aún los que están solos llevan en sí su pareja encarnizada, en cada espejo yace un doble, un adversario que nos refleja y nos abisma. . .
Standing alone, it's a great line, un buen dicho, but alas, the poem itself is beyond my tender comprehension.
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