EPITAPH!
WHAT DO I WANT
WHAT DO I WANT
AS MY EPITAPH?
Poem for Today - Wednesday June 18, 2014
EPITAPH FOR AN OLD
WOMAN
They buried her in the family tomb
and in the depths the dust
of what was once her husband
trembled:
joy for the living
is sorrow for the
dead.
© Octavio Paz
Pages 190-191
The Collected Poems
Of Octavio Paz,
1957-1987
EPITAFIO DE UNA VIEJA
La enterraron en la tumba familiar
y en las profundidades temblo el polvo
del que fue su marido:
la alegria
de los vivos
es la pena de los
muertos.
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