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Poem

Luis Vidales

THE WIND

This wind that’s coming is a stranger.
It is not one of those with a proper name.
It is not of the sea, nor of the mountain.
It is not of the hurricanes measured in knots.
It is a stranger this wind that’s coming.
From prehistory it comes, it crosses the ages.
It gathers strength in the jungles of men, not of trees.
It grows, it grows, it is already with us, and can pass.
This wind is mild and silky.
But it is rebellion, this wind, this wind.

El viento

El viento

Este viento que viene es un desconocido.
No es ninguno de los de nombre propio.
No es de mar ni de montaña.
No es ninguno de los huracanes medidores de nudos.
Es un desconocido este viento que llega.
Desde la prehistoria viene, cruza las edades.
Toma fuerza en las selvas de hombres, no de árboles.
Crece, crece, ya está con nosotros, y puede pasar.
Este viento es suave y sedoso.
Pero es la rebelión este viento, este viento.
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THE WIND

This wind that’s coming is a stranger.
It is not one of those with a proper name.
It is not of the sea, nor of the mountain.
It is not of the hurricanes measured in knots.
It is a stranger this wind that’s coming.
From prehistory it comes, it crosses the ages.
It gathers strength in the jungles of men, not of trees.
It grows, it grows, it is already with us, and can pass.
This wind is mild and silky.
But it is rebellion, this wind, this wind.

THE WIND

This wind that’s coming is a stranger.
It is not one of those with a proper name.
It is not of the sea, nor of the mountain.
It is not of the hurricanes measured in knots.
It is a stranger this wind that’s coming.
From prehistory it comes, it crosses the ages.
It gathers strength in the jungles of men, not of trees.
It grows, it grows, it is already with us, and can pass.
This wind is mild and silky.
But it is rebellion, this wind, this wind.
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