Remanso, Final Song
The night is coming. The moonlight strikes on evening's anvil. The night is coming. A giant tree clothes itself in the leaves of cantos. The night is coming. If you came to see me, on the path of storm-winds... The night is coming. ...you would find me crying, under high, black poplars. Ay, girl with the dark hair! Under high, black poplars.
Remanso, Final Song - meaning Summary
Night as Approaching Fate
This short lyric repeats the arrival of night as a framing image for solitude and unfulfilled longing. Moonlight and nature—anvil, a tree "clothes itself in the leaves of cantos," and black poplars—create a stark, ritual setting. The speaker waits on a stormy path and imagines a meeting that would find him already crying. The poem closes on direct address to a dark‑haired woman, combining personal desire with an overwhelming sense of loss.
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