I want to teach you to walk
Between the stony life
And the liquid death
With a flaming smile
And to dream awake
With the best possible worlds
Without cowardice.
Between the stony life
And the liquid death
With a flaming smile
And to dream awake
With the best possible worlds
Without cowardice.
I want to see you choose
The waves of your ocean,
The colors of your ideal,
The streets of your city,
The tastes of your wine,
The names of your God,
And the peoples of your heart
While you walk serenely
Between the uncertain life
And the sure death.
Luis M. Valdiviezo Arista (20th century) Peru
Translator not stated but probably the author
Source: mOthertongue Fall 2011, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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