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THE DESPERATION (fragment)

The shouting and the laughter,
the gaming and the bottles:
un beso a cada trago
on every side the beauties
that laugh to drink them down
and plant upon the lips
a kiss with every drink:
voluptuous flattery
from every lustful mouth.

And then to break the glass,
cups, saucers, plates and cards,
and then with razor bared
search for the nearest heart.
And then to hear the toasting
all mixed up with the moaning
and shrieking of the wounded:
crying and confusion.

Esta composición, de mi paisano Espronceda, refleja un personaje con un estado de ánimo
muy especial: sin ligaduras de ninguna clase y sin condicionamientos sociales; quizás sea el
efecto producido por la ingesta de una buena dosis de vino, que como sabemos produce una
desinhibición de las pasiones y un enardecimiento del espíritu.

José Luís González Barrera
General de División
Director de Asuntos Económicos del Ejército del Aire
Division General
Air Force Director for Economic Affairs

This composition of my fellow countryman, Espronceda, reflects a character with a very special
state of mind: without ties of any kind or social conditionings; maybe it is due to the effect of
the ingestion of a good dose of wine, which, as we all know, produces a lack of inhibition of
passions and overexcitement of the spirit.

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