¡Esta desilusión penetrante y amarga
Language: Spanish (Español)
Available translation(s): ENG
¡Esta desilusión penetrante y amarga,
que empieza con la noche y empieza con el día!
¡este horror de vivir una vida tan larga,
siendo tan corta! - ¡y quieta y dorada y vacía!
¡Sentir el alma llena de flor y de simiente
y ver llegar el hielo negativo y eterno!
...¡y saber, sin embargo, que era capaz la frente
de deslumbrar la tierra... y el cielo y el infierno!
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- ENG English (Joelle Wallach) , "This bitter, penetrating disillusionment", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 70
This bitter, penetrating disillusionment
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español)
This bitter, penetrating disillusionment
which can begin with night or day!
The limited mind's horror of living
while life is so large -- and peaceful, golden yet empty!
To feel the soul crying for flowers and seeds
and to see the arrival of negative and eternal coldness!
... and to know nonetheless that the mind is capable
of lighting up the earth... and the sky and the inferno!
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 68