{"id":3685,"date":"2011-10-31T15:43:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T19:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=3685"},"modified":"2014-10-31T15:58:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T19:58:13","slug":"spanish-traditions-in-all-hallows-eve-don-juan-tenorio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-traditions-in-all-hallows-eve-don-juan-tenorio\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish traditions in All Hallows&#8217; Eve: Don Juan Tenorio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Mientras todos los pa\u00edses de habla inglesa est\u00e1n celebrando Halloween, aqu\u00ed en Espa\u00f1a y en casi todos los pa\u00edses de habla hispana nos preparamos para visitar a nuestros fallecidos en su lugar de reposo eterno: el cementerio. Quiz\u00e1 record\u00e9is nuestro post del a\u00f1o pasado, donde habl\u00e1bamos de nuestras tradiciones en el d\u00eda de T<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/fiesta-de-todos-los-santos\/\">odos los Santos.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Pero tambi\u00e9n tenemos una tradici\u00f3n muy popular y literaria: se ha convertido en costumbre del teatro espa\u00f1ol representar la gran obra de Jos\u00e9 Zorrilla, <em>Don Juan Tenorio<\/em>, en el d\u00eda de Todos los Santos. El mito del Don Juan, s\u00edmbolo del libertinaje, tiene sus or\u00edgenes el el drama tr\u00e1gico <em>El burlador de Sevilla<\/em>, de Tirso de Molina.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Quiz\u00e1 el mujeriego m\u00e1s famoso del mundo sea el Tenorio. La leyenda de Don Juan cuenta c\u00f3mo, siendo un joven, c\u00ednico y disoluto espadach\u00edn, sedujo a In\u00e9s, una joven de familia noble que muri\u00f3 despu\u00e9s que \u00e9l la abandonara. A pesar de esto, y de forma sorprendente, \u00a0Do\u00f1a In\u00e9s era la due\u00f1a de su coraz\u00f3n. Don Juan tambi\u00e9n asesin\u00f3 al padre de la joven, quien intent\u00f3 vengarla, e incluso se burl\u00f3 de la efigie conmemorativa sobre la tumba del padre, invit\u00e1ndola a cenar. Para su sorpresa, la imagen de piedra fue su invitada en la cena de su \u00faltima noche sobre la tierra\u2026 \u00a1pero no voy a contaros toda la historia!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Algunos de los fragmentos m\u00e1s memorables quiz\u00e1 sean aquellos en que \u00e9l declara su amor a do\u00f1a In\u00e9s, y ella corresponde con devoci\u00f3n. Me gustar\u00eda compartir uno con vosotros:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>DO\u00d1A IN\u00c9S:<br \/>\nCallad, por Dios, \u00a1oh, don Juan!,<br \/>\nque no podr\u00e9 resistir<br \/>\nmucho tiempo sin morir<br \/>\ntan nunca sentido af\u00e1n.<br \/>\n\u00a1Ah! Callad por compasi\u00f3n,<br \/>\nque oy\u00e9ndoos me parece<br \/>\nque mi cerebro enloquece<br \/>\nse arde mi coraz\u00f3n.<br \/>\n\u00a1Ah! Me hab\u00e9is dado a beber<br \/>\nun filtro infernal, sin duda,<br \/>\nque a rendiros os ayuda<br \/>\nla virtud de la mujer.<br \/>\nTal vez pose\u00e9is, don Juan,<br \/>\nun misterioso amuleto<br \/>\nque a vos me atrae en secreto<br \/>\ncomo irresistible im\u00e1n.<br \/>\nTal vez Sat\u00e1n puso en vos:<br \/>\nsu vista fascinadora,<br \/>\nsu palabra seductora,<br \/>\ny el amor que neg\u00f3 a Dios.<br \/>\n\u00bfY qu\u00e9 he de hacer \u00a1ay de m\u00ed!<br \/>\nsino caer en vuestros brazos,<br \/>\nsi el coraz\u00f3n en pedazos<br \/>\nme vais robando de aqu\u00ed?<br \/>\nNo, don Juan, en poder m\u00edo<br \/>\nresistirte no est\u00e1 ya:<br \/>\nyo voy a ti como va<br \/>\nsorbido al mar ese r\u00edo.<br \/>\nTu presencia me enajena,<br \/>\ntus palabras me alucinan,<br \/>\ny tus ojos me fascinan,<br \/>\ny tu aliento me envenena.<br \/>\n\u00a1Don Juan! \u00a1Don Juan!, yo lo imploro<br \/>\nde tu hidalga compasi\u00f3n:<br \/>\no arr\u00e1ncame el coraz\u00f3n,<br \/>\no \u00e1mame porque te adoro.<\/p>\n<p>DON JUAN:<br \/>\n\u00bfAlma m\u00eda! Esa palabra<br \/>\ncambia de modo mi ser,<br \/>\nque alcanzo que puede hacer<br \/>\nhasta que el Ed\u00e9n se me abra.<br \/>\nNo es, do\u00f1a In\u00e9s, Satan\u00e1s<br \/>\nquien pone este amor en m\u00ed;<br \/>\nes Dios, que quiere por ti<br \/>\nganarme para \u00c9l quiz\u00e1s.<br \/>\nNo, el amor que hoy se atesora<br \/>\nen mi coraz\u00f3n mortal<br \/>\nno es un amor terrenal<br \/>\ncomo el que sent\u00ed hasta ahora;<br \/>\nno es esa chispa fugaz<br \/>\nque cualquier r\u00e1faga apaga;<br \/>\nes incendio que se traga<br \/>\ncuanto ve, inmenso, voraz.<br \/>\nDesecha, pues, tu inquietud,<br \/>\nbell\u00edsima do\u00f1a In\u00e9s,<br \/>\nporque me siento a tus pies<br \/>\ncapaz a\u00fan de la virtud.<br \/>\nS\u00ed, ir\u00e9 mi orgullo a postrar<br \/>\nante el buen Comendador,<br \/>\ny o habr\u00e1 de darme tu amor,<br \/>\no me tendr\u00e1 que matar.<\/p>\n<p>DO\u00d1A IN\u00c9S: \u00a1Don Juan de mi coraz\u00f3n!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Don Juan Tenorio part 6 de 9\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2t-UnZ-zoRo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While all the English speaking countries are celebrating Halloween, here in Spain and in most Spanish speaking countries we prepare ourselves to visit our dead ones in their resting place: the cemetery. Maybe you remember our post from last year where we talked about our traditions for <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/fiesta-de-todos-los-santos\/\">All Saints Day.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">But we also have a very popular and literary tradition: it has become a custom of Spanish theater to represent Jos\u00e9 Zorrilla&#8217;s masterpiece, <em>Don Juan Tenorio,<\/em> on All Saints Day. The myth of Don Juan, licentiousness personified, has its origins in the tragic drama <em>El burlador de Sevilla<\/em> ( <em>The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest<\/em>), by Tirso de Molina.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Probably the most well known womanizer in the world is \u201cel Tenorio\u201d. The legend of Don Juan tells how, being a young, cynical and dissolute young swordsman, he seduced Ines, a girl from a noble family who died after he abandoned her. Despite this, and surprisingly, Do\u00f1a Ines was the owner of his heart. Don Juan also killed her father, who had tried to avenge her, and even mocked on the commemorative effigy over the father\u2019s tomb, inviting it to have dinner. To his surprise, the stone image was his guest in his last night on earth&#8217;s dinner&#8230; but I&#8217;m not going to tell you the whole story!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Some of the more memorable fragments are probably those in which he declares his love to Do\u00f1a Ines, and she devotedly corresponds. Let me share one with you:<\/p>\n<p>DO\u00d1A IN\u00c9S:<br \/>\nOh God! Silence! How can I stand<br \/>\nto resist, with my sighing,<br \/>\nany longer, without dying,<br \/>\nah, such longing, Don Juan?<br \/>\nAh, to silence, for pity&#8217;s sake, turn,<br \/>\nfor hearing you seems to me<br \/>\nto bring my mind infirmity,<br \/>\nand cause my heart to burn.<br \/>\nAh! You have doubtless given me<br \/>\nan infernal potion, oh some<br \/>\ncharm that helps you overcome<br \/>\na woman&#8217;s purity.<br \/>\nPerhaps, Don Juan, you possess an amulet<br \/>\na thing of mystery<br \/>\nthat draws me secretly<br \/>\nlike an irresistible magnet.<br \/>\nPerhaps Satan set in your eyes<br \/>\nhis fascinating gaze<br \/>\nhis seductive maze,<br \/>\nof words, and the Love he denies<br \/>\nto God. Ah, what am I to do,<br \/>\nbut fall into those two<br \/>\narms, if\u00a0 you continue to<br \/>\nshatter my heart in two?<br \/>\nDon Juan, it&#8217;s no longer in me<br \/>\nto own the power to resist you: no,<br \/>\nI turn to you as the river flows<br \/>\nthat runs down to the sea.<br \/>\nYour presence maddens me,<br \/>\nyour words hypnotize me,<br \/>\nand your eyes fascinate me,<br \/>\nand your breath envenoms me.<br \/>\nDon Juan! Don Juan, I implore you<br \/>\nin your noble heart, of pity,<br \/>\neither tear my heart from me,<br \/>\nor love me, because I adore you.<br \/>\nDON JUAN: My soul! Those words indeed<br \/>\nchange my whole state of being.<br \/>\nand I know perhaps I am seeing<br \/>\nParadise open to me.<br \/>\nDo\u00f1a In\u00e9s, it is not Satan, in sin,<br \/>\nwho creates this love in me:<br \/>\nit is God, who wants, perhaps<br \/>\nthrough you, to win me to Him.<br \/>\nNo, the love that is precious<br \/>\nin my heart, that is mortal,<br \/>\nis not that love, terrestrial,<br \/>\nthat up to now I&#8217;ve treasured;<br \/>\nnor is it a fleeting spark of need<br \/>\nthat a breath of wind defeats:<br \/>\nit is a roaring fire that eats<br \/>\nall it sees, in its vast greed.<br \/>\nCalm then your fears, oh you<br \/>\nmy most beautiful In\u00e9s,<br \/>\nfor at your feet I feel that, yes,<br \/>\neven I am filled with virtue.<br \/>\nAh, I will swallow my pride<br \/>\nbefore the good Comendador,<br \/>\nto adore<br \/>\nor death will be my bride.<br \/>\nDO\u00d1A IN\u00c9S: My dearest Don Juan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mientras todos los pa\u00edses de habla inglesa est\u00e1n celebrando Halloween, aqu\u00ed en Espa\u00f1a y en casi todos los pa\u00edses de habla hispana nos preparamos para visitar a nuestros fallecidos en su lugar de reposo eterno: el cementerio. Quiz\u00e1 record\u00e9is nuestro post del a\u00f1o pasado, donde habl\u00e1bamos de nuestras tradiciones en el d\u00eda de Todos los&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-traditions-in-all-hallows-eve-don-juan-tenorio\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[61184,358367,358362,7105],"class_list":["post-3685","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","tag-drama","tag-literature","tag-culture","tag-theater"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3685"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8353,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3685\/revisions\/8353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}