Remanso, Final Song

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.