Best Santiago Poems

Proyecto de tren instantaneo entre Santiago y Puerto Montt by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T. Wignesan

Soliloquio del Individuo by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T Wignesan 

(Homage to Nicanor PARRA, 1914-2018, the Chilean ANTI-POET, winner of the "Cervantes Prize" (the highest literary honour for writers in...

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i gave you my hand,							
							
	with out knowing you,						
							
	igave you my body.
not a clue of what you'd make me feel,
i gave you my heart, 
blindly risked the unattempted,
i gave you a child.
unaware i just gave my life and
my all to a stranger
and from all i gave...

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The sea!
What does the sea mean
without an old man?
And the waves,
The rambunctious waves,
What are they doing exactly?

The waves work
They seem to play.
And as you see,
The sea is free 
But still respects the land.

We come and visit it
Because that’s what we need.
Yet, it treats us all...

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Windswept lovers blown to & fro
Lost at sea so long ago
Their time togehter was bittersweet
Years have past, their love repeats
Picking up where they last left off...

Windswept lovers from long ago
Their names were Domingo & Santiago
Lost at sea, their love transcends
Their love repeats......

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I know rich men who have lived under bridges 
and poor men that have never starved a day in their life. 

Conozco a hombres ricos que han vivido bajo puentes 
y a hombres pobres que nunca han pasado hambre un dia en sus vidas ...

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