Iarracht fá Chaintic sa Teampall

Publication Instance Details #908

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
Yes	No	No	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	State Violence
Languages	Irish
Original Language	Catalan
Original Poem	El caminant i el mur
Original Author	Salvador Espriu
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The speaker of the poem refers to the odious and barbarous state of his home country, his desire to flee from it, and his grudging acceptance that he will not follow his dream of leaving, since he also is barbarous, and will end up there until death. The poem hints at issues of state oppression, including spies among the ordinary people, which points to the poem being in reference to Franco's Spain. The speaker feels passionately for the state of his country, describing it as poor, sad, unlucky, and dirty in the final line of the poem.