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En santa Águeda de Burgos,   do juran los hijosdalgo,
le toman jura a Alfonso   por la muerte de su hermano;
tomábasela el buen Cid,   ese buen Cid castellano,
sobre un cerrojo de hierro   y una ballesta de palo
y con unos evangelios   y un crucifijo en la mano.
Las palabras son tan fuertes   que al buen rey ponen espanto;
-Villanos te maten, Alonso,   villanos, que no hidalgos,
de las Asturias de Oviedo,   que no sean castellanos;
mátente con aguijadas,   no con lanzas ni con dardos;
con cuchillos cachicuernos,   no con puñales dorados;
abarcas traigan calzadas,   que no zapatos con lazo;
capas traigan aguaderas,   no de contray ni frisado;
con camisones de estopa,   no de holanda ni labrados;
caballeros vengan en burras,   que no en mulas ni en caballos;
frenos traigan de cordel,   que no cueros fogueados.
Mátente por las aradas,   que no en villas ni en poblado,
sáquente el corazón   por el siniestro costado;
si no dijeres la verdad   de lo que te fuere preguntando,
si fuiste, o consentiste   en la muerte de tu hermano.
Las juras eran tan fuertes   que el rey no las ha otorgado.
Allí habló un caballero   que del rey es más privado:
-Haced la jura, buen rey,   no tengáis de eso cuidado,
que nunca fue rey traidor,   ni papa descomulgado.
Jurado había el rey   que en tal nunca se ha hallado;
pero allí hablara el rey   malamente y enojado:
-Muy mal me conjuras, Cid,   Cid, muy mal me has conjurado,
mas hoy me tomas la jura,   mañana me besarás la mano.
-Por besar mano de rey   no me tengo por honrado,
porque la besó mi padre   me tengo por afrentado.
-Vete de mis tierras, Cid,   mal caballero probado,
y no vengas más a ellas   dende este día en un año.
-Pláceme, dijo el buen Cid,   pláceme, dijo, de grado,
por ser la primera cosa   que mandas en tu reinado.
Tú me destierras por uno,   yo me destierro por cuatro.
Ya se parte el buen Cid,   sin al rey besar la mano,
con trescientos caballeros,   todos eran hijosdalgo;
todos son hombres mancebos,   ninguno no había cano;
todos llevan lanza en puño   y el hierro acicalado,
y llevan sendas adargas   con borlas de colorado.
Mas no le faltó al buen Cid   adonde asentar su campo.
Phosphorimental Sep 2014
For Alonso, the day was sinking into dusk
But for Dulcinea, her knight was rising.
Long his lance’s shadow stretched
And thus his stories, picaresque.

He flaunts his tale of espionage,
Purring silent and clandestine
“there I sprung from camouflage
and smote these vile leviathans!”

“Oh, please don’t stop,” the gypsy cries
draining doubt from starlit eyes
From behind her fan of elegant slips
She retracts the rivets to her lips.

Alonso mounts the moment of his concupiscence
to rescue the fair Dulcinea from her diffidence.
But the windmills turn for our quixotic man
Whose delusions are rescued by a chaste heroine.

Years later a man was overheard in Cordoba…
el estaba hablando con unas senoras
“Oye musas, puedo decirte,
he visto algunas cosas.”

“…mi vida se salvo una noche estrellada
por una mujer de gran belleza
que volvio a las tablas de la fortuna
aqui, en mi reino de Iberica…”
Edward S Mar 2014
I've seem many things, felt a lot more,
I never quite got over my role in the Great Time War.

So I decided to flee,
In a blue box where my past would be far away from me.

Even when I would die, I'd just come back again,
With more burdens and scars for me to try and mend.

I often sit at the edge of space and think about all that I've done,
The sacrifices I had to make and the promises I broke, to protect the people who dwelled on the 3rd planet from the sun.

I'm a doctor, who can't even save himself,
My hearts are heavy and it's beginning to effect my health.

I've lost one person I really adored,
She was always so delighted to just go through space and sore.

But now she's gone,
I've lost an amazing pawn.

Although I'm a doctor, I can't heal everything,
I suffer too great and I'm not even able to sing.

All I'm able to say is Allons-y,
There's nothing much more I could tell dear Alonso.

Now I sit alone, on the edge of my blue box,
Watching the Earth go through another equinox.

I am the last Timelord of Gallifrey,
And here on the Earth I will stay.

Because here I am needed,
And with all my power I will keep the Daleks at bay.
Haber visto crecer a Buenos Aires, crecer y declinar.
Recordar el patio de tierra y la parra, el zaguán y el aljibe.
Haber heredado el inglés, haber interrogado el sajón.
Profesar el amor del alemán y la nostalgia del latín.
Haber conversado en Palermo con un viejo asesino.
Agradecer el ajedrez  y el jazmín, los tigres y el hexámetro.
Leer a Macedonio Fernández con la voz que fue suya.
Conocer las ilustres incertidumbres que son la metafísica.
Haber honrado espadas y razonablemente querer la paz.
No ser codicioso de islas.
No haber salido de mi biblioteca.
Ser Alonso Quijano y no atreverme a ser don Quijote.
Haber enseñado lo que no sé a quienes sabrán más que yo.
Agradecer los dones de la luna y de Paul Verlaine.
Haber urdido algún endecasílabo.
Haber vuelto a contar antiguas historias.
Haber ordenado en el dialecto de nuestro tiempo las cinco o seis metáforas.
Haber eludido sobornos.
Ser ciudadano de Ginebra, de Montevideo, de Austin y (como todos los hombres) de Roma.
Ser devoto de Conrad.
Ser esa cosa que nadie puede definir: argentino.
Ser ciego.
Ninguna de esas cosas es rara y su conjunto me depara una fama que no acabo de comprender.
TERRY REEVES Feb 2016
THERE WAS A PARTY FOR THE RICH -
YOU REMEMBER LEWIS AND NICOLE - F1 HYPERBOLE,
THE RACE WAS OVER - ONLY ONE WINNER,
YOU WERE LUCKY IF YOU WERE INVITED TO DINNER;
YOU WERE LUCKY IF YOUR FERRARI WAS PARKED
IN THE DRIVE, LUCKY TO LIVE AT NUMBER FIVE HUNDRED;
BERNIE TRIED THE POOL, WATER AND QUICK GAME,
SO OLD - HE'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN,
JENSON BECAME JASON WHO WAS NOT AMUSED,
WORRIED, LIKE SOMEONE THAT HE MIGHT BE EXCUSED,
ALONSO WAS ONLY' SO SO' AND *****
JUSY WANTED TO GO, VETTEL COULD ONLY SAY; ' VOT THE HELL,' AND GLOCK WASN'T FEELING WELL,
YOU WERE LUCKY IF ANYONE ANSWERED THE BELL.
Jack May Sep 2020
It was in my mother’s father’s final days when Beckham curled it in against Greece
It should have been wrapped up months or at least minutes prior
But for the English
Football is a beautiful form of torture
Some relief in the dark and painful last of his days
It may sound dramatic from the outside
But from the inside
When you’re in on the secret
Football has always been the beautiful game for a reason
And fate was sealed that day

The infamous Zidane headbutt
It came at a time when I was realising people aren’t perfect and heroes are human
For me, not a disgrace, but a lesson
The world’s greatest are also flawed

Lampard 2010 World Cup
It was over the line
I know it
You know it
But the greatest journeys all have their ups and downs
Their misfortunes and their injustices
Our time is nigh
It’s coming home

The psychopathic work ethic of Ronaldo
The glue on the boots of Messi
The precision of the Pirlo pass
The ‘Why always me?’
The ‘You’ll never walk alone’
The wins, the losses
The joy, the heartbreak
The frustration of supporting a yo-yo that never goes all the way up
An ode to my forever unmentioned Plymouth Argyle
The screamers, the blunders
From Thierry to Titus Bramble
Alonso to Okocha
The once-club-record-signing whose name now evades you
The heroes, the villains
The naive dream that maybe one day you’ll make it
And the hope that maybe this will be our year
The diving, the referees, the relegations, the failure
The 4-0 thrashings by the rivals, the penalties and quarter finals

I don’t know why I do it to myself
But I know that I wouldn’t have it any other way
This is the beautiful game
This is football
Qualyxian Quest Nov 2022
Can't control the way you're received
Might be misunderstood
Don Quixote the Wise Madman
Alonso Quijano the Good

It's quiet in the park
I walk the silent bases
Are my posts ever noticed?
I like both books and faces

I also like the lady parts
But my nights are long and lonely
Dreaming of a knock
Unlikely telephonely

Dreaming of a knock
But ordinary days
The Space Coast calls
Black Arrows in the Maze

              Lake Man!

— The End —