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Alberti, Rafael: If I was born a farmhand (Si yo nací campesino in English)

Portre of Alberti, Rafael

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Si yo nací campesino (Spanish)

Si yo nací campesino,

si yo nací marinero,

¿por qué me tenéis aquí,

si este aquí yo no lo quiero?

 

El mejor día, ciudad

a quien jamás he querido,

el mejor día – ¡silencio! –

habré desaparecido.



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If I was born a farmhand (English)

If I was born a farmhand,

If I was born a sailor,

Why do I have to be here,

If it’s not where I want to be?

 

On the finest day, city

Which I have ever sought,

The finest day – silence! –

I’ll have disappeared.



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Source of the quotationhttp://www.poetryintranslation.com

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