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Spanish: Acontece (ver frase entera)

English translation: comes into being every day



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Spanish term or phrase:Acontece (ver frase entera)
English translation:comes into being every day
Entered by:Elena Robles Sanjuan
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: Acontece (ver frase entera)
He aqui el hombre que acontece, cotidiano como el pan o como el aire...

Poema de Ángel García Aller, Antología 3/3

Muchas gracias
Elena Robles Sanjuan
Spain
Clarification request(s) and response
Ruth Henderson: 4:10pm Apr 4, 2006: For context, it would help to have the whole poem or a link to it. Poems are organic. -
Elena Robles Sanjuan: 4:18pm Apr 4, 2006: Quite right, Ruth, but I´m afraid it´s too long, so I have added a bit more - He aquí

el hombre que acontece

cotidiano como el pan o como el aire

alfarero de la luz, el que renace

de su propia simiente hasta la eterna

condición de la palabra.


Elizabeth Lyons: 4:19pm Apr 4, 2006: I pasted it in its entirety in my response, see below -
Elena Robles Sanjuan: 4:22pm Apr 4, 2006: Thanks a lot Elizabeth
Elizabeth Lyons: 4:25pm Apr 4, 2006: de nada, suerte! -

comes into being every day
Explanation:
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sciforums.com - when did life begin
I think life comes into being every day. Fatty lipids mixed with water form photo-sensative lipo-bubbles spontaniously; shine a light on them, ...
www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?p=295199 - 34k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 27 mins (2006-04-04 16:35:29 GMT)
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or:

keeps coming into being every day
Selected response from:

Ruth Henderson
United States
Note from asker to answerer
Brilliant, Ruth. Thanks a lot
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1comes into being every dayRuth Henderson
4comes, i.e., is here or comes here every day
Elizabeth Lyons
4"lingers"
Beta Cummins
4befalls
Yaotl Altan


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
befalls

Explanation:
befalls

Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"lingers"

Explanation:
Suggestion, "lingers" as in "persists"

Good luck

Beta Cummins
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
comes, i.e., is here or comes here every day

Explanation:
It is a man who shows up, is there, every day like the air, etc.

Here is the whole poem:

EL HOMBRE, LA PALABRA y EL RECUERDO



He aquí

el hombre que acontece

cotidiano como el pan o como el aire

alfarero de la luz, el que renace

de su propia simiente hasta la eterna

condición de la palabra.

El hombre

vertebrado de esperanza

que encuentra de repente entre las manos

auroras boreales, la evidencia

primera de las cosas y, alargando

la verdad que le cabe en la estatura,

derrumba las murallas del silencio

con su sola presencia, con el grito

que restalla empecinado por el pecho.

El hombre

que transe su cuerpo con la ausencia,

el que raja el dolor como una hogaza

y habiendo de beber, incontenibles,

los vinos que añejaron su crianza

en la honda oscuridad del desencanto,

halla un límite capaz para el consuelo.

El que un día

cualquiera y sin historia

-de tantos como quedan atrapados

en la redondez opaca de los años-

desanda las calles del olvido,

la avenida más larga del recuerdo,

llamando a los amigos por su nombre.

El que al borde

del amor -último gesto-

es tan sólo quietud, tan sólo piedra

y se sabe de raíz y añadidura.





Elizabeth Lyons
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
acontece: comes into being every day

Explanation:
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Note added at 25 mins (2006-04-04 16:34:02 GMT)
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sciforums.com - when did life begin
I think life comes into being every day. Fatty lipids mixed with water form photo-sensative lipo-bubbles spontaniously; shine a light on them, ...
www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?p=295199 - 34k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 27 mins (2006-04-04 16:35:29 GMT)
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or:

keeps coming into being every day

Ruth Henderson
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 84
Note from asker to answerer
Brilliant, Ruth. Thanks a lot

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Paula Hernández Sambeat
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Paula
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