Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wakes in the Sea
Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino, y nada más;
caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace camino,
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de pisar.
Caminante, no hay camino,
sino estelas en la mar.
* * *
Traveler, your footprints
are the path, and nothing more;
traveler, there is no path,
the path is made by walking.
By walking the path is made,
and in looking behind
you see a path
you will never walk again.
Traveler, there is no path,
only wakes in the sea.
XXIV from Campos de Castilla
- Antonio Machado, 1912
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