What inspired Lament for a Bullfighter?

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Early 20th century black and white portrait of poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, seated and resting his face on his hand. — Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca.

Lament for a Bullfighter, originally titled Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, was inspired by the 1934 goring and subsequent death of the bullfighter Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, who was a personal friend of Federico García Lorca.12

The poem is a four-part elegy that addresses different aspects of the tragedy, famously utilizing the insistent refrain "A las cinco de la tarde" ("At five in the afternoon") to mark the time of the fatal event.12