Ercilla Comments

It is by no means a literal translation. Take the second line of Pablo's poem " territorios de races.." I used the phrase " vast territories of trampled roots" to expand the implied idea of scale and devastation" . I translated it directly from the Spanish many years ago because I found it such an exhilarating poem. I was not aware that Pablo had made a translation himself.

This appears to be an exact translation of a poem by Pablo Neruda. Or is it Neruda who translated it into Spanish?

This is a literal translation of a Spanish poem which in my anthology of Spanish verse is attributed to Pablo Neruda. Why is it attributed to Bilsborough?