Caveat: la poesía de todos (love, coupled with immense pride)

COMO TÚ

Yo como tú
amo el amor,
la vida,
el dulce encanto de las cosas
el paisaje celeste de los días de enero.

También mi sangre bulle
y río por los ojos
que han conocido el brote de las lágrimas.
Creo que el mundo es bello,
que la poesía es como el pan,
de todos.

Y que mis venas no terminan en mí,
sino en la sangre unánime
de los que luchan por la vida,
el amor,
las cosas,
el paisaje y el pan,
la poesía de todos.

– Roque Daltón (poeta salvadoreño).

Lo que estoy escuchando en este momento.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood, “War (Long Version).”

Escúchenla, y lean su letra:

Oh no, there’s got to be a better way
Say it again, there’s got to be a better way
Yeah, what is it good for? (War)

Man has a sense for the discovery of beauty
How rich is the world for one who makes use of it to show
Beauty must have power over man (war)
After the end of the war I went to devote myself
To my thoughts for five to ten years and to writing them down
War has caused unrest among the younger generation

Induction then destruction, who wants to die?
Wars come and go what remains are only the values of culture

Then of course there is revolutionary love
Love of comrades fighting for the people and love of people
Not an abstract people but people one meets and works with
When Che Guevara taught of love being
At the center of revolutionary endeavor, he meant both

For people like Che or George Jackson or Malcolm X
Love was the prime mover of their struggle
That love cost them their lives…
love… coupled with immense pride
love… coupled with immense pride

(Give it to you on top, now)

War, I despise ‘cos it means destruction of innocent lives
War, means tears to thousands of mothers how
When their sons go off to fight and lose their lives

I said, war, good god, now, what is it good for?
Absolutely, nothing
Say it again, war, what is it good for?
Absolutely, nothing, listen to me
War, it ain’t nothing but a heart breaker
War, friend only to the undertaker, war

War, war, war, war
War, what is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it, war, good god now, what is it good for?
Absolutely nothing, say it, war

Oh no, there’s got to be a better way
Say it again, there’s got to be a better way
Yeah, what is it good for?
War, what is it good for?