Published 9 noviembre, 2016 por

El pensamiento de a qué se parecería América…

When the logic fails there is always a place you can go to find reason: poetry. In does not matter who could have won the elections; it is all the same.

This is the voice of one of America’s greatest intellectuals, poets and men, rejected by his own people. Who better than him to sing this:

The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation
                      Troubles my sleep,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation
                      Troubles my sleep.
Nunc dimittis, now lettest thou thy servant,
Now lettest thou thy servant
                      Depart in peace.
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation . . .
                      Oh well!
                      It troubles my sleep.

Cuando la lógica falla, siempre hay un lugar el que se puede encontrar razón: la poesía. No importa quien haya ganado las elecciones, esto no cambia nada.

Esta es la voz de uno de los intelectuales, poetas y hombre más grandes que ha tenido América, rechazado por su propia gente. Quién mejor que él para cantar esto:

El pensamiento de a qué se parecería América
si los clásicos tuvieran una amplia circulación
                       turba mi sueño.
El pensamiento de a qué se parecería,
El pensamiento de a qué se parecería,
El pensamiento de a qué se parecería América
si los clásicos tuvieran una amplia circulación
                       turba mi sueño.
Nunc dimittis, permite ahora a tu siervo,
permite ahora a tu siervo
                       partir en paz.
El pensamiento de a qué se parecería,
El pensamiento de a qué se parecería,
El pensamiento de a qué se parecería América
si los clásicos tuvieran una amplia circulación…
                       ¡caramba!
                       turba mi sueño.

Ezra Pound, Personae, Poesía Hiperión, 2014

Luqman

I completed the memorization of the Quran at the age of 18, in Majorca Spain. Soon after I moved to Cape Town, South Africa, where I got a BA in History, Politics and Islamic Studies at Dallas College. At my return to Spain and while pursuing a Master on Cinematography and Cinema Production, I worked as an editor for Islam Hoy, the largest newspaper for Muslims in Spanish. My writings have also been featured in other publications such as Globalia Magazine, Islam Here and others, and I often participate in conferences about different topics. I have also worked as a producer and director for TV channels such as Cordoba TV, MBC, Al Jazeera, Alchemia TV, and others. Currently, I’m focusing on writing my first book: a study of change, I continue with my Islamic Studies in places like Morocco and Egypt and I’m pursuing a Psychology Degree at UOC. I also work with the Seville Mosque Foundation as Vice President to help the project of building a mosque and Islamic cultural centre in the city of Seville, Spain, where I’m from.

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