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CESAR VALLEJO (Peru: 1892- Paris- 1938)
Translations by Michael Smith and Valentino Gianuzzi
THE ANGER THAT RENDS THE MAN INTO CHILDREN . . .
The anger that rends the man into children,
that rends the child into equal birds,
and then the bird into small eggs;
the anger of the poor
has one oil against two vinegars.
The anger that rends the tree into leaves,
the leaf into unequal buds
and the bud into telescopic slots;
the anger of the poor
has two rivers against many oceans.
The anger that rends goodness into doubts,
a doubt into three equal arcs
and then the arc into unpredicted graves;
the anger of the poor
has one steel against two daggers.
The anger that rends the soul into bodies,
the body into unequal organs
and the organ into eighth thoughts;
the anger of the poor
has one central fire against two craters.