Legend of the Güecubú
agosto 30, 2021 2022-10-18 17:02Legend of the Güecubú
The Legend of GUARDIA DEL MONTE ( Romance in scarlet red)
Like a ball of fire
the sun dies at sunset
bleeding like a mysterious
excessive ghost.
The military prepare
red thesuit, red thetie
flamingontheirspears
gettingreadyslowly
Christmas Eve at thelagoon
sixteensoldiersleave
insidethe Fort anothernine
with Santos Molina at thehelm
look at thedarksilhouette
fromtheisland, there, waiting,
as blackomens
theirsouls are stalking.
Thesavagesalreadythrowthemselves
with red faces
howling in fierce pack
overtheweary Fort
for so manyburningsuns
in thathotsummer
thatburned in cruel lust
of thesoldiers, thespirits.
Thebarbarianknows he has
in thelagoonanally:
isthe red Güecubú
of thedevil, worthyenvoy
overthewaters he rules
and in hiswickedreign
has agreedwithDeath
cunning and deviouspact.
Butthemilitiamanknows
of thecoloredsuits
thatthereis a verybraveangel
amongthefells, watching …
isthearchangel Michael,
whotheCreator has sent
to kickouttheGüecubú
foreveronthesesides.
Dawnmeets
insidethe Fort, lying …
in red bloodbath
thebodies of thesoldiers.
And theStar of Bethlehem
with Saint Michael bythehand,
theywrotethelegend
representingthesepayments:
«Thesoldierswhocameout
throughthedesert, searching
to the wild, itisnotknown
whatDestinationstheyfound …
In the place therewasonly
a big red poncho
and when lifting itbloody
daisies … burst.
Cristina Vazconcelo de Moscoloni
This is the legend synthesized in poetry (or reworked) of what happened in the Guardia del Monte, back in 1778, when it is assumed that a villain came mysteriously, made a massacre with the soldiers who remained in the fort, Christmas was left dyed red with the blood of this army. Let us remember that the current city of San Miguel del Monte, was in those times, the end of the line of forts. For this reason, most of the soldiers under the command of Ensign Santos Molina were out in the footsteps of the savages. They say that a very powerful light was raised on an island, in the middle of a hill of felling trees: it was Saint Michael the Archangel who cast the Güecubu (demon of the lagoon) forever from the site of Monte. The author states that she took some literary freedoms.
Illustrations Professor Javier Ulke.
