José Martí went to Guatemala invited by then-President Miguel Garcia Granados to share his family gathering.
It was around the month of April, 1877, when the arrival of the young master José Martí who came to Guatemala to give a course of literary composition was announced. Coming from Mexico, the handsome and intelligent young man had the opportunity to work in the Cuban academy Margarita Izaguirre in which the young María García Granados, the daughter of the former president and leader of the Liberal Revolution, was present.
As time went on, Mary and Joseph fell in love and consequently developed a great passion between the two. For the unfortunate pupil, the literary master was already committed to Carmen Zayas Bazán. In that same year, Jose returned to Mexico where he contracted marriage with Carmen. This affected young Maria very much and her sadness was evident. Maria reflected a state of deteriorating health, which combined with her sadness, caused her death.
The girl of Guatemala
I want, in the shadow of a wing, To tell this story in flower: The girl of Guatemala, The one who died of love.
The branches were of lilies, And the borders of reseda And of jasmine: we buried her In a box of silk.
… She gave to the forgetful One pad of smell: He returned, returned married: She died of love.
They were carrying it on the bishops and ambassadors: Behind the village went in batches, All loaded with flowers.
… She, to see him again, went out to see him at the viewpoint: He returned with his wife: She died of love.
Like red hot bronze To the farewell kiss It was her forehead That I have loved the most in my life!
… She entered the river in the afternoon, the Doctor took her dead: They say that she died of cold: I know that she died of love.
There, in the icy vault, they laid her on two benches: I kissed her sharp hand, I kissed her white shoes.
Silent, at dusk, The burial-worker called me: I have never seen again the girl who died of love!
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