Sunday, June 11, 2000

No te escondas de tras de la vida
aprende a sacartela de los pulmones
apriétala con tu corazón
y dejala escapar de tu piel

Deimo
(Oda a As Much as You Can de Constantine P. Cavafy)


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AS MUCH AS YOU CAN
Even if you cannot shape your life as you want it,
at least try this
as much as you can; do not debase it
in excessive contact with the world,
in the excessive movements and talk.

Do not debase it by taking it,
dragging it often and exposing it
to the daily folly
of relationships and associations,
until it becomes burdensome as an alien life.

Constantine P. Cavafy (1913)