Cristóbal de Castillejo Options

[Silke Lance]

CRISTÓBAL DE CASTILLEJO (1490-1550) was born at Ciudad Rodrigo. He joined the household of Ferdinand I of Bohemia, the brother of Carlos V, and later became a priest. In 1539 he went to Venice in the suite of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. He died in Vienna where he is buried at Wiener Stadt. His works were published at Madrid in 1792.



SOME DAY, SOME DAY

Some day, some day
O troubled breast,
Shalt thou find rest.
If Love in thee
To grief give birth,
Six feet of earth
Can more than he;
There calm and free
And unoppressed
Shalt thou find rest.
The unattained
In life at last,
When life is passed
Shall all be gained;
And no more pained,
No more distressed,
Shalt thou find rest.