Eduardo Galeano

Fuegos

Eduardo Galeano
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Fuegos

Cada persona brilla
con luz propia entre todas las demás.
No hay dos fuegos iguales.
Hay fuegos grandes y fuegos chicos
y fuegos de todos colores.
Hay gente de fuego sereno
que ni siquiera se entera del viento,
y gente de fuego loco
que llena el aire de chispas.
 
Algunos fuegos, fuegos bobos
que no alumbran ni queman,
pero otros arden la vida
con tantas ganas que no se
puede mirarlos sin parpadear,
y quien se acerca se enciende.
 

Fires

Every human being shines
with its own light among all the others.
No two fires are alike.
There are big fires and small fires
and fires of all colours.
There are people of serene fire
who don't even notice the wind
and there are people of crazy fire
who fill the air with sparks.
 
Some fires are silly fires
that neither light nor burn,
but others burn life
with such avidity that you cannot
look at them without blinking,
and whoever approaches them lights up.
 
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This is a poetic translation - deviations from the meaning of the original are present (extra words, extra or omitted information, substituted concepts).
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submitted on 15 Aug 2023 - 22:40
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If you love poetry ...
Fires | Fuegos
by Eduardo Galeano

Ioan from Transylvania ...

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ioan.transylvania ioan.transylvania A
15 Aug 2023, 22:39

If you love poetry ...
Fires | Fuegos
by Eduardo Galeano

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