\u00abThe lyf so short, te craft so long to lerne\u00bb<\/em>.<\/p>\nNo dir\u00eda yo que Ezra Pound retom\u00f3 el concepto medieval de la traducci\u00f3n; dir\u00eda que, indiferente a todo aquello que es literal, intent\u00f3 una curiosa experiencia que muchos no comprenden. As\u00ed traduce, por ejemplo, el comienzo de la ele\u00adg\u00eda anglosajona del Navegan\u00adte:
\n\u00abMay I for my own sake song’s truth reckon<\/em>
\nJourneys Jargon\u00bb<\/em>.
\nGordon traduce lite\u00adralmente:
\n\u00abI can utter a true song about myself<\/em>
\ntell of my travels\u00bb<\/em>.
\nEsto es completamen\u00adte l\u00edmpido y adecuado, pero el poema dice:
\n\u00abMaeg ie be me sylfum sothgeid wrecan<\/em>
\nSiehas secga\u00bb<\/em>.
\nEl verso y el hemistiquio citados basta, me parece, para ilustrar el m\u00e9todo de Pound. La prosa de Gordon es m\u00e1s natural y fluida que la versi\u00f3n po\u00e9tica de aquel, pero es evi\u00addente que Pound, sin dejar de ser fiel, quiso reproducir en ingl\u00e9s moderno la en\u00e9rgica aspereza del texto antiguo y tambi\u00e9n los mismos sonidos. Walter Pater afirm\u00f3 que todas las artes tienden a la con\u00addici\u00f3n propia de la m\u00fasica, cuyo fondo se confunde con la forma. 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