“...circuivi terram
et perambulavi ea.”
The Book of Job
Tuesday:
The Torch of
Liberty
relays through
streets
of wall-to-wall
Nicas
in Granada. Quo
vadis?
Whither thou
goest?
Thursday:
As he steps off
the bus
in Liberia,
Costa Rica, the Torch,
still burning, is relayed through
a crowd of
Ticos. Unde venis?
Whence do you
come?
Saturday:
On the way back between volcanoes,
el Rincón de la Vieja and Mombacho,
from Liberia to Granada, sorceress
Rain,
born in sudden thunderclaps,
has painted the countryside animated
emerald.
E. A. Costa
Tres jornadas en septiembre
" ... de
recorrer la tierra y de andar por ella."
Libro de Job
El martes:
La Antorcha de Libertad pasa por
relevo
por las calles de Granada llenas de
Nicas
de pared a pared. ¿Quo vadis?
¿A dónde vas?
El jueves:
Como él se baja del autobús
en Liberia, la Antorcha, todavía
ardiente,
se transmite por una muchedumbre
de Ticos. ¿Unde venis?
¿De dónde vienes?
El sábado:
A la vuelta entre los dos volcanes,
El Rincón de la Vieja y Mombacho,
de Liberia a Granada, la bruja Lluvia,
nacida con truenos y relámpagos,
ha pintado el
campo de color esmeralda animada.
Tr. EAC
E. A. Costa September 22, 2016 Granada, Nicaragua
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E. A. Costa September 22, 2016 Granada, Nicaragua
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N.B: (1) “circuivi terram
et perambulavi ea”( Latin Vulgate):
“From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and
down in it. “( King James); (2)
“The Torch of Liberty” (La Antorcha
de la Libertad or La Tea
Centroamericana) is the torch, ignited
in San Salvador, carried on foot and
by relay from Guatemala to
Costa Rica celebrating the
independence of Central America from Spain.
This year 12,000 Nicaraguan
students participated in the relay for
500 kilometers from the border with
Honduras to the frontier with
Costa Rica at Penas Blancas; (3)
“Nica” is the common expression
for Nicaraguans in Nicaragua and
Costa Rica. It is both masculine
and feminine. ''Tico"/"Tica" is the common term for Costa Rican.
It derives from the diminutive
suffix—ico/a—frequently used by Costa
Ricans. The Costa Ricans
came to the aid of Nicaragua during the war
against the United States' filibustero, William Walker. Nicas heard
the Costa Rican soldiers calling one another
“hermaniticos” (dear little brothers).
Thereafter they began to call all
Costa Ricans “Ticos”, which the Costa Ricans
also began using for themselves. (4)
“Liberia”, city of 70,000 on the main
highway an hour southwest of the
frontier with Nicaragua at Penas Blancas;
(5) El Rincón de la Vieja/ The Old
Woman's Corner is a live volcano about fifteen miles
from Liberia and dominates the view
northeast, as the volcano Mombacho
dominates Granada to the southwest.
The “Old Woman” is a legended recluse who as a
young girl went to live by the
volcano after her father threw her suitor
into the crater.
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