Otero

Fidelity

 
I believe in man. I have seen
backs shattered by lashes,
blinded souls moving by fits and starts
(spains astraddle
pain and hunger). And I have believed.
 
I belive in peace. I have seen
high stars, flaming ambits
dawning, lighting up deep
rivers, a human flood
towards another light. I have seen and have believed.
 
I believe in you, my country. I tell
what I have seen: lighting flashes
of rage, love in cold, and a shrieking
knife shattering bread into
pieces; though now there is only shadow, I have seen
and have believed.
 
Translated by Patrick H. Sheerin
Preferido o celebrado por...
Otras obras de Otero...



Arriba