UNO DE LOS SIETE POEMAS MEDICINALES DE ALMAFUERTE
PIU AVANTI !
No te des por vencido, ni aún vencido,
no te sientas esclavo, ni aún esclavo;
trémulo de pavor, piénsate bravo,
y acomete feroz, ya mal herido.
Ten el tesón del clavo enmohecido
que ya viejo y ruin, vuelve a ser clavo;
no la cobarde estupidez del pavo
que amaina su plumaje al primer ruido.
Procede como Dios que nunca llora;
o como Lucifer, que nunca reza;
o como el robledal, cuya grandeza
necesita del agua, y no la implora…
Que muerda y vocifere vengadora,
ya rodando en el polvo, tu cabeza !
ONE OF SEVEN ALMAFUERTE’s MEDICINAL POEMS
PIU AVANTI!
Do not feel defeated, even if you are defeated, do not feel as if you were a slave, even if you are one; tremulous of fear think of yourself as being brave, and attack fiercely altough already badly wounded.
Have the tenacity of the rusty nail that even old and mean, returns to be a nail; not the coward stupidity of the turkey that subsides its plumage at the first noise.
Proceed as God who never cries, or as Lucifer, who never prays, or as the oakwood, whose greatness, needs the water, and does not implore for it …
Already rolling in the powder. Let your head bite and shout avenging,!! …
Etiquetas: Almafuerte's medicinal poems
