Baltasar del Alcázar

Baltasar del Alcázar

Baltasar del Alcázar (1530in Seville, Spain–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
de amores el corazón.
La bella Inés, el jamón
y berenjenas con queso.

(Three things have caught my heart:
The pretty Inés, cured ham
and aubergines with cheese.)

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

1. Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James (1920). Cambridge Readings In Spanish literature. The University press. p. 49.

External links

• 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 Internet Archive
• Works by Baltasar del Alcázar at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Audio of Una cena jocosa, recorded by Adolfo Marsillach — palabravirtual.com (Spanish).
• Digital works of Alcázar at the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica (Hispanic Digital Library) of the National Library of Spain