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

Sonnets

Other

Notes

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

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