Resumen
El canto errante is one of Rubén Darío’s most important late poetic collections, written at a time when the father of modernismo was already recognized across Latin America and Spain as a literary master.
The book reflects Darío’s cosmopolitan spirit: it gathers themes of travel, music, love, spirituality, history, and cultural identity, blending them into lyrical, rhythmic, and symbol-laden poetry.
The title itself—“The Wandering Song”—captures the essence of Darío’s restless soul, always searching for beauty and meaning across languages, nations, and traditions.
The poems oscillate between musical experimentation and deep reflection, combining classical forms with modernist innovations.
Darío uses his characteristic musicality of language, rich imagery, and symbolic references to Greece, Rome, France, and indigenous America, creating a poetic bridge between the Old World and the New.
At the same time, he meditates on the role of the poet: a traveler, dreamer, prophet, and eternal seeker of truth.