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| + | ==== Keeping Quiet ==== | ||
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| + | by Pablo Neruda | ||
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| + | A callarse | ||
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| + | Ahora contaremos doce\\ | ||
| + | y nos quedamos todos quietos.\\ | ||
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| + | Por una vez sobre la tierra\\ | ||
| + | no hablemos en ningún idioma,\\ | ||
| + | por un segundo detengámonos, | ||
| + | no movamos tanto los brazos.\\ | ||
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| + | Sería un minuto fragante,\\ | ||
| + | sin prisa, sin locomotoras, | ||
| + | todos estaríamos juntos\\ | ||
| + | en una inquietud instantánea.\\ | ||
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| + | Los pescadores del mar frió\\ | ||
| + | no harían daño a las ballenas\\ | ||
| + | y el trabajador de la sal\\ | ||
| + | miraría sus manos rotas.\\ | ||
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| + | Los que preparan guerras verdes,\\ | ||
| + | guerras de gas, guerras de fuego,\\ | ||
| + | victorias sin sobrevivientes, | ||
| + | se pondrían un traje puro\\ | ||
| + | y andarían son sus hermanos\\ | ||
| + | por la sombra, sin hacer nada.\\ | ||
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| + | No se confunda lo quiero\\ | ||
| + | con la inacción definitiva: | ||
| + | la vida es solo lo que se hace,\\ | ||
| + | no quiero nada con la muerte.\\ | ||
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| + | Si no pudimos ser unánimes\\ | ||
| + | moviendo tanto nuestras vidas\\ | ||
| + | tal vez no hacer nada una vez,\\ | ||
| + | tal vez un gran silencio pueda\\ | ||
| + | interrumpir esta tristeza,\\ | ||
| + | este no entendernos jamás\\ | ||
| + | y amenazarnos con la muerte,\\ | ||
| + | tal vez la tierra nos enseñe\\ | ||
| + | cuando todo parece muerto\\ | ||
| + | y luego todo estaba vivo.\\ | ||
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| + | Ahora contare hasta doce\\ | ||
| + | y tú te callas y me voy.\\ | ||
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| + | Keeping Quiet | ||
| + | Now we will count to twelve\\ | ||
| + | and we will all keep still.\\ | ||
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| + | For once on the face of the earth,\\ | ||
| + | let's not speak in any language;\\ | ||
| + | let's stop for one second,\\ | ||
| + | and not move our arms so much.\\ | ||
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| + | It would be an exotic moment\\ | ||
| + | without rush, without engines;\\ | ||
| + | we would all be together\\ | ||
| + | in a sudden strangeness.\\ | ||
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| + | Fisherman in the cold sea\\ | ||
| + | would not harm whales\\ | ||
| + | and the man gathering salt\\ | ||
| + | would look at his hurt hands.\\ | ||
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| + | Those who prepare green wars,\\ | ||
| + | wars with gas, wars with fire,\\ | ||
| + | victories with no survivors, | ||
| + | would put on clean clothes\\ | ||
| + | and walk about with their brothers\\ | ||
| + | in the shade, doing nothing.\\ | ||
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| + | What I want should not be confused\\ | ||
| + | with total inactivity.\\ | ||
| + | Life is what it is about;\\ | ||
| + | I want no truck with death.\\ | ||
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| + | If we were not so single-minded\\ | ||
| + | about keeping our lives moving,\\ | ||
| + | and for once could do nothing,\\ | ||
| + | perhaps a huge silence\\ | ||
| + | might interrupt this sadness\\ | ||
| + | of never understanding ourselves\\ | ||
| + | and of threatening ourselves with death.\\ | ||
| + | Perhaps the earth can teach us\\ | ||
| + | as when everything seems dead\\ | ||
| + | and later proves to be alive.\\ | ||
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| + | Now I'll count up to twelve\\ | ||
| + | and you keep quiet and I will go.\\ | ||
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| + | —from Extravagaria | ||
maja