Poem

León Gil

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THE MISANTHROPE’S EPITAPH

Here lives no one
Lies no one
Has never lived anyone

Here there is only
Silent putrefaction
Murmuring worms
Voracious worms

Go away!

© Translation: 2009, Nicolás Suescún

EPITAFIO DEL MISÁNTROPO

EPITAFIO DEL MISÁNTROPO

Aquí no yace
Ni vive
Ni ha vivido nadie

Aquí sólo hay
Silenciosa podredumbre
Gusanos murmurantes
Voraces gusanos

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© 2002, León Gil
From: Coctel de versos para la mesa 3
Publisher: Published by the author, Medellín

León Gil

León Gil

(Colombia, 1954)

Born in Venecia, Antioquia, León Gil studied physics at the Universidad de Antioquia and has written three books of poems. His texts and poems have also been published in several newspapers and reviews, and included in national and international anthologies. He has been invited to the International Poetry Festival of Medellín and has read his poems in different cities of Colombia. Particularly ...

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VANGOGHIANA

CHROMAPHAGITE

WE DRESS OURSELVES LIKE DEATH

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FISHER OF SUNS

THE MISANTHROPE’S EPITAPH

SONG FOR GEOFFREY FIRMIN IN THE DAY
OF THE DEAD THERE IN QUAUHNÁHUAC

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THE MISANTHROPE’S EPITAPH

Here lives no one
Lies no one
Has never lived anyone

Here there is only
Silent putrefaction
Murmuring worms
Voracious worms

Go away!

© 2009, Nicolás Suescún
From: Coctel de versos para la mesa 3

THE MISANTHROPE’S EPITAPH

Here lives no one
Lies no one
Has never lived anyone

Here there is only
Silent putrefaction
Murmuring worms
Voracious worms

Go away!

© 2009, Nicolás Suescún

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