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Hölderlin

perhaps madness
is the punishment

for he who violates a secret precinct
and looks in the eyes of a terrible
animal

© Translation: 2005, Nicolás Suescún

Hölderlin

Hölderlin

quizá la locura
es el castigo

para el que viola un recinto secreto
y mira los ojos de un animal
terrible

© 1973, José Manuel Arango
From: Este lugar de la noche
Publisher: Edited by the author, Medellín

José Manuel Arango

José Manuel Arango

(Colombia, 1937 - 2002)

José Manuel Arango studied philosophy and education, and became master in philosophy and literature in the University of West Virginia, U.S.A. He was a professor of symbolic logic in the Universidad de Antioquia and founder, with other poets, of two literary reviews.

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Hölderlin

perhaps madness
is the punishment

for he who violates a secret precinct
and looks in the eyes of a terrible
animal

© 2005, Nicolás Suescún
From: Este lugar de la noche

Hölderlin

perhaps madness
is the punishment

for he who violates a secret precinct
and looks in the eyes of a terrible
animal

© 2005, Nicolás Suescún

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