Young Poets
Write as you will
In whatever style you like
Too much blood has run under the bridge
To go on believing
That only one road is right.
In poetry everything is permitted.
With only this condition of course,
You have to improve the blank page.
(trans. by Miller Williams)
In whatever style you like
Too much blood has run under the bridge
To go on believing
That only one road is right.
In poetry everything is permitted.
With only this condition of course,
You have to improve the blank page.
(trans. by Miller Williams)
Nicanor Parra
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Here it is in Spanish, as it was meant to be. And it's part of a larger work, of course... Why do we take things out of context all the time? We are cherry-picking bastardos... And who added those lines about conditions? Whose brilliant plan was that? Mr. Williams'?
The piece is #5 in "Letters from the Poet who Sleeps in a Chair."
CARTAS DEL POETA QUE DUERME EN UNA SILLA
V.
Jóvenes
Escriban lo que quieran
En el estilo que les parezca mejor
Ha pasado demasiada sangre bajo los puentes
Para seguir creyendo --creo yo
Que sólo se puede seguir un camino:
En poesía se permite todo.
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Here it is in Spanish, as it was meant to be. And it's part of a larger work, of course... Why do we take things out of context all the time? We are cherry-picking bastardos... And who added those lines about conditions? Whose brilliant plan was that? Mr. Williams'?
The piece is #5 in "Letters from the Poet who Sleeps in a Chair."
CARTAS DEL POETA QUE DUERME EN UNA SILLA
V.
Escriban lo que quieran
En el estilo que les parezca mejor
Ha pasado demasiada sangre bajo los puentes
Para seguir creyendo --creo yo
Que sólo se puede seguir un camino:
En poesía se permite todo.
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