“ A vivir ignorado
de tus luces, me ausento
donde ni aun mi mal sirva
a tu desdén de obsequio. “
“To live unobserved
by your eyes, I now go
where never pain of mine
need flatter your disdain.”
Whenever you get the chance, please check out the life and works of this remarkable woman from the 17th century. Called “The Tenth Muse” Her poems are an exquisite example of the Baroque style.