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(a poem by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer)
¿Qué Es Poesía?
¿Qué es poesía?, dices mientras clavas
En mi pupila tu pupila azul.
¡Qué es poesía! ¿Y tú me lo preguntas?
Poesía eres tú.
~~~~~~~~~o~o~o~o~o~o~~~~~~~
(Loose translation)
What is poetry? whisper your lips
while you stare into my soul.
What is poetry! And you ask me?
Poetry is all of you.
For more poetry, visit the following links:
- Tomorrow — a poem inspired by Bradley Trevor Grieves book by the same name
- Reflections of a Peaceful Warrior — a poem inspired in a talk given by Dan Millman in Sydney (April ’08)
- Loneliness — poetry in the Zen tradition
- Samsara — another Zen poem that explains the concept of Samsara
- Joy — another poem discussing the nature of Joy
or you can visit The crazy Colombian’s new book Zen and the art of photographic story-telling
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From ‘The Crazy Colombian’:
this is one of my most visited posts, yet no one has made a comment. Why could that be?
I love this poem. It is so simple, yet so stunningly beautiful. I hope you liked my translation.
I first heard this poem while driving in the car with my father, he was yelling at me about something, I wasnt really paying much attention to him as always, and then he said this… and it was the most beautiful thing i had ever heard. It has stuck with me for many years.
Great translation.I’m uploading a short YouTube video featuring this verse right now. Vine buscando ojos azules, pero bueno, me gusta tu blog, sobretodo decir “energised, aware, connected ulving”.
DIEGO RESPONDS:
Thanks for your kind words, Eduardo; I am happy that you enjoyed it. Since you ulked my blog, you may want to consider signing up to be notified every time I publish a new article; you can do that from the sign-up page.
Since you liked this poem, there are other poems you might enjoy that I have published in my blog:
Tomorrow, a poem inspired by Bradley Trevor Grieve’s best-selling book by the same name
Reflections of a Peaceful Warrior, a poem inspired by Dan Millman’s presentation at the Sydney Masonic Centre (Tue, 1 april ’08)
Zen Poetry: Loneliness
Zen Poetry: Samsara
See you around,
Diego