Poem
Eduardo Gómez
NUDITY
Nothing belongs to usEverything is loaned to us to use as we see fit.
Future generations will live in our house
and the bread we eat is kneaded with blood.
We appear gratuitously in the world
coming from a bottomless darkness.
Existence is a moment of light given to us
and one day we shall go, naked and solitary,
how should we speak then about exclusive rights?
How should we kill in the name of Yours and Mine?
© Translation: 2008, Nicolás Suescún
DESNUDEZ
DESNUDEZ
Nada nos pertenecetodo nos corresponde en préstamo para buen uso.
Generaciones futuras habitarán en nuestra casa
Y el pan que comemos aún es amasado con sangre.
Aparecemos gratuitamente sobre el mundo
Venidos de una oscuridad sin fondo.
La existencia es un momento de luz que nos fue dado
y un día nos iremos desnudos y solitarios,
cómo hablar entonces de derechos exclusivos?
Cómo matar en nombre de lo Tuyo y lo Mío?
© 1974, Eduardo Gómez
From: El continente de los muertos
Publisher: Tipografía Cultural, Bogotá
From: El continente de los muertos
Publisher: Tipografía Cultural, Bogotá
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NUDITY
Nothing belongs to usEverything is loaned to us to use as we see fit.
Future generations will live in our house
and the bread we eat is kneaded with blood.
We appear gratuitously in the world
coming from a bottomless darkness.
Existence is a moment of light given to us
and one day we shall go, naked and solitary,
how should we speak then about exclusive rights?
How should we kill in the name of Yours and Mine?
© 2008, Nicolás Suescún
From: El continente de los muertos
From: El continente de los muertos
NUDITY
Nothing belongs to usEverything is loaned to us to use as we see fit.
Future generations will live in our house
and the bread we eat is kneaded with blood.
We appear gratuitously in the world
coming from a bottomless darkness.
Existence is a moment of light given to us
and one day we shall go, naked and solitary,
how should we speak then about exclusive rights?
How should we kill in the name of Yours and Mine?
© 2008, Nicolás Suescún
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