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60 l Que pasion, Porcia, que dolor tan ciego... ? Portia, What Passion, What Blind Pain 61 [3.135.213.214] Project MUSE (2024-04-20 04:20 GMT) 62 lQue pasi6n, Porcia, que dolor tan ciego te obliga a ser de ti fiera homicida? lO en que ofende tu inocente vida, que as! Ie das batalla, a sangre y fuego? Si la Fortuna airada al justa ruego de tu esposo se muestra endurecida, bastale el mal de ver su acci6n perdida: no acabes, con tu vida, su sosiego. Deja las brasas, Porcia, que mortales impaciente tu amor elegir quiere: no al fuego de tu amor el fuego iguales; porque si bien de tu pasi6n se infiere, mal morira a las brasas materiales quien a las-llamas del amor no muere. Portia, what passion, what blind pain changes you into a murdering beast? Does your innocent life so offend you that you scourge it with blood and fire? Enough evil-Fortune is furious, deaf to your husband's pleas. Don't make him suffer your death: leave him in peace. Portia, your love's too brash. Leave those lethal coals alone: your love's not equal to those flames. Your passion teaches us that she who flings herself on the p)Tre will never learn that love can burn you alive. 63 ...

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