SEMANA SANTA HOLY WEEK SPAIN
without prejudiceOPINION
GOD’S Divine Intervention:
Brought us Righteousness, and Sanctification, and Redemption
The Spanish Legion arrives in Málaga at dawn, disembarks at the port, and carries Christ on their shoulders chanting as the city shakes.
It happens every Holy Thursday during Semana Santa.
The Legion’s old cry, “Viva la Muerte!” en. Death’s Bridegroom:
meets its counterpoint in Málaga, where they bear Christ through the streets on Holy Thursday. Not a contradiction, but a reminder: death, must be faced without fear. ~ C. Sallustius1
El novio de la muerte – English translation Lyrics2:
No one in the Regiment knew
Who was that Legionary
So bold and daring
That he came to join the Legion.
No one knew his story,
Yet the Legion knew
That a great pain gnawed
Like a wolf, at his heart.
Yet if anyone asked who he was
He would reply reluctantly and sternly:
I am a man whom fortune
Struck with a beast’s paw;
I am death’s bridegroom
Who is to be joined in a strong bond
With such a faithful sweetheart.
When the fire and fighting
Were at their fiercest,
Defending his Flag
The legionary advanced.
And without fearing the onslaught
Of the exalted enemy
He died bravely
And rescued the ensign.
And as he soaked the burning ground with his blood,
The legionary murmured in a mournful voice:
I am a man whom fortune
Struck with a beast’s paw;
I am death’s bridegroom
Who is to be joined in a strong bond
With such a faithful sweetheart.
When his body was finally recovered
They found on his chest
A letter and a picture
Of a beautiful woman.
And that letter read:
“… if one day God calls you,
Save a place for me
I will soon find you.”
And in the last kiss that she sent him
She bid him a final goodbye.
Just to be by your side
My most faithful sweetheart,
I became death’s bridegroom,
I am now bound to her with a strong bond
And her love was my Flag*.
This is Spain. 🇪🇸
Acknowledgement Original Sources
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