deep blue

[Chris]

In English if we refer to the 'Deep Blue', it is generally accepted as the ocean. What is the equivalent term in Spanish? Would 'profundo azul' or 'azul profundo' convey a similar idea?

[Chirimoya]

Azul marino (as in navy blue) is probably the nearest match

[Mirador]

Originally Posted by Chirimoya

Azul marino (as in navy blue) is probably the nearest match

Chiri, she's talking about the ocean, not the color. You wouldn't say 'voy a cruzar el azul pofundo', would you? You would say, 'voy a cruzar el charco'.


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[Chris]

somehow 'el charco' is not as romantic as 'the deep blue'...
I'm looking for the romance, the feeling, the sense of it... How do the Spanish authors convey this?

[Mirador]

Originally Posted by Chris

somehow 'el charco' is not as romantic as 'the deep blue'...
I'm looking for the romance, the feeling, the sense of it... How do the Spanish authors convey this?

In Spanish literature you will be at a loss to find romantic associations with the ocean...

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[macocael]

You could try looking at some of the original seafaring journals (columbus et al.) to see what they have to say, though as Mirador states I doubt that it would convey any romance!

[Mirador]

La mar océano

Quieto, reducido a la inequidad de un teatro vacío
solapado rastra la lenta majestad del mar.
Relamida, suave, disconforme,
una humedad salivosa se pega siempre a quien se acerca.
Se le ven incluso las costillas en cada ramalazo,
apenas tres hileras de lomo liso, fluctuante.
Como los dientes.
De repente de nada sale un grito,
el gesto maquinal y obcecado,
el santo olor de la sangre.
Chac, chac, chac.
La furia fría del escualo, su seda,
la boca rápidamente limpia en la lustrosidad del agua.
Chac, chac, chac.
Se sacude.
En el océano interminable y solo el pez da vueltas.
(Sorprendida siempre entre la derrota y la altura,
de dos en dos mis hermanos forman las vúlturas.
Ato mi lento enojo a sus tobillos, los hundo.
Uno por uno van ahogándose conmigo.
Ninguno sale. Ninguno puede ahora escapar al terror.)

(Author, Pedro Serrano, 1957)

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[MrMike]

Originally Posted by macocael

You could try looking at some of the original seafaring journals (columbus et al.) to see what they have to say, though as Mirador states I doubt that it would convey any romance!

Columbus thought manatees were mermaids so I doubt people got turned on romantically by the same things back then...

[Chris]

OK, 'from mermaids to manatees' would also make a good title for the piece that I'm trying to write.

I'm looking for a good catchy title that translates equally well in English and Spanish. Something like "Food from the Blue" "The Deep Blue Provides"... or something similar... romantic, catchy, short.

But that poem is too scary man!

[andrea9k]

Interesting reading about the influence of Gongora in Neruda's "El océano" and explanation of his metaphors.
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/serv...5/p0000001.htm