144. #pisaba = pisaría.#
162. #¿Si sabrá?# … I wonder if he knows…
174. #querrá.# Future to denote probability.
186. #Pues … partido#, well, even in throwing the bar I can win the game from him. Barra, was a game in which the contestants strove to outdo each other in throwing a heavy iron bar. It was therefore a test of strength.
197. #Jamás … cara#, never from danger do I turn my face.
204. #la mano que todo lo guía#, the hand that directs the universe, the hand of God.
208-209. #benéfica, airada#. Note that adjectives are frequently used instead of adverbs, especially in poetry.
212. #de amante inquietud#, inspired by loving solicitude, that of his own family.
213. #no cobre#…, may I never recover…
215. #Mayor mi tesón a más padecer#, my obstinacy increasing with my suffering. Compare mi tesón crecía con mi padecer, of the first edition.