"me duele una mujer en todo el cuerpo"

[ookami]

I'm trying to translate a poem and I'm having a hard time with this sentence:
"Me duele una mujer en todo el cuerpo."
You can see it at the end of this poem. (http://amediavoz.com/borges.htm#EL%20AMENAZADO)

I don't have the slightest idea :sad: "me duele" ???
Thank you in advance.

[Perikles]

My whole body aches for this woman

:thinking::thinking: Perhaps not. Which poem in the list is it? I can't read them all!

[Tomisimo]

The poem is El Amenazado and here are the last few lines:

Ya los ejércitos que cercan, las hordas.
(Esta habitación es irreal; ella no la ha visto.)
El nombre de una mujer me delata.
Me duele una mujer en todo el cuerpo.

[chileno]

My whole body aches for this because of a woman

:thinking::thinking: Perhaps not. Which poem in the list is it? I can't read them all!

Any...

:):D;)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Well, the construction is strange in Spanish too, so I'd leave it as it is: "In my whole body a woman aches".

[chileno]

Well, the construction is strange in Spanish too, so I'd leave it as it is: "In my whole body a woman aches".

Claro, es poética.

[ookami]

She aches, she aches... excelente, muchas gracias a todos :D

[Perikles]

Well, the construction is strange in Spanish too, so I'd leave it as it is: "In my whole body a woman aches".To me, that sounds like someone desperate for a sex change operation. :rolleyes:

[JPablo]

While I 'agree' with Angélica in the 'form', I tend to agree more with Perikles original interpretation.

"Me duele una mujer en todo el cuerpo" me recuerda a un pareadado en catalán, que decía; "quinflimin doflomoloflomor, l'aflamoflomor" or something like this, which "translated" means, "quin dolor, l'amor" i.e., "qué dolor, el amor" or "what a pain, [is] love".

While this may sound "masochistic", is not. So, pardon my excursion or digression, but it goes with the sense of the verse...

Just thinking aloud (or writing without much thinking)

"My whole body is hurting for/with a [the/a specific] woman"
"A woman aches in my whole body"
"My whole body aches because of a woman"
"I feel the pain of a [the] woman in my whole body".

Not easy, if possible at all. The "una mujer" in Spanish while it is an 'indefinite' article, is referring to "one specific one" (like "me duele una mujer concreta = la mujer que amo, y que me ama")

In other words, the Spanish suggest to me that he is either physically or spiritually with the woman he loves... however he is under "threat", so he cannot have that love, and so it is painful... :thinking:

Well, I am not that sure I should have written anything here... but I hope I have sparked some more spirit of search... If anyone have a better inkling of the overall meaning of the verse and the poem, it will be nice to be able to get the full significance and concept... Otherwise, feel free to give me some constructive critique at my attempts... :)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Perikles: :lol: Oh well, I tried. ;)
If context wouldn't keep it clear, I'm unable to give any better alternative than those of Pablo's. :)

[wafflestomp]

To me, that sounds like someone desperate for a sex change operation. :rolleyes:
Haha... like the woman is trying to get out :D