Friday, July 15, 2016

Antonio Machado: Caminante/ Wayfarer


Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino y nada más;
Caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace el camino,
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante no hay camino
sino estelas en la mar.

Antonio Machado


Wayfarer

Wayfarer, your footprints
are the way—and nothing else.

Wayfarer, there is no way--
the way becomes walking it.

Walking it becomes the way
and looking back is seen
the path never to be tread again.

Wayfarer, there is no way
save wakes left aft in sea.

Tr. EAC

E. A. Costa     July 15, 2016   Granada, Nicaragua
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* Title added--Proverbios y cantares (Campos de Castilla) XXIX

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