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Poem

Maruja Vieira

PEACE

Beyond this cloud of ashes
man hopes.

He hopes the darkness will return to him
his legacy of hope,
his ancient transparent map.

Man wants a moment of silence
so that the child may say his first word.

That word
which is never ‘war’
which is never ‘death’.

PAZ

PAZ

Más allá de esta nube de ceniza
el hombre espera.

Espera que la sombra le devuelva
su herencia de esperanza,
su antiguo mapa transparente.

El hombre quiere un poco de silencio
para que el hijo diga su primera palabra.

Esa palabra
que nunca es ‘guerra’
que nunca es ‘muerte’.
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PEACE

Beyond this cloud of ashes
man hopes.

He hopes the darkness will return to him
his legacy of hope,
his ancient transparent map.

Man wants a moment of silence
so that the child may say his first word.

That word
which is never ‘war’
which is never ‘death’.

PEACE

Beyond this cloud of ashes
man hopes.

He hopes the darkness will return to him
his legacy of hope,
his ancient transparent map.

Man wants a moment of silence
so that the child may say his first word.

That word
which is never ‘war’
which is never ‘death’.
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
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Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
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Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
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