EL JABALÍ Y LA ZORRA
Félix María de Samaniego, b. 1745, d. 1801,—known chiefly for his fables, most of which are imitations or renderings of those of Phaedrus or La Fontaine.
138.—El jabalí y la zorra has 11 or 7 syllables to the line:
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Sus | ho | rri | bles | col | mi | llos | a | gu | za | ba Un | Ja | ba | lí^en | el | tron | co | de^u | na^en | ci | na, La | Zo | rra, | que | ve | ci | na Del | a | ni | mal | cer | do | so | se | mi | ra | ba. |
Each line of 11 syllables has 2 rhythmic stresses, and each line of 7 syllables has 1.
The rhyme-scheme is a, b, b, a; c, d, d, c; e, f, f, e.
[[138-4] se miraba, 'happened to be' (lit., 'saw herself').
138.5. Extraño el verte, 'I am surprised to see' (do not translate te). Note that the infinitive is modified by the definite article.
[[138-9]] Tenga entendido, 'please understand' (lit., 'have [it] understood').