For me, this was the most intriguing line of the poem:
You are the nostalgia for a good life
What a thought.
I think Machado makes a fascinating declaration with this line. It implies to me that a life that has known sorrow has also known its opposite; that a life that has known sorrow has in turn truly been a life. As the saying goes, in order to feel great joy one must also know great sadness. A passionate life.
Isn't it poems like these that make us read, and read, and read?
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