Primeras letras
De los topos, aprendimos a hacer túneles.
De los castores, aprendimos a hacer diques.
De los pájaros, aprendimos a hacer casas.
De las arañas, aprendimos a tejer.
Del tronco que rodaba cuesta abajo, aprendimos la rueda.
Del tronco que flotaba a la deriva, aprendimos la nave.
Del viento, aprendimos la vela.
¿Quién nos habrá enseñado las malas mañas?
¿De quién aprendimos a atormentar al prójimo y a humillar al mundo?
Eduardo Galeano
First Lessons
From moles we learned to make tunnels.
From beavers we learned to make dams.
From birds we learned to build homes.
From spiders we learned to weave.
From tree trunks rolling downhill we learned about wheels.
From tree trunks floating and adrift we learned about boats.
From wind we learned about sails.
How did we learn our evil ways?
From whom did we learn to torment our neighbors and subdue the earth?
From whom did we learn to torment our neighbors and subdue the earth?
Eduardo Galeano ~ (Voices of Time: A Life in Stories)
Translated by Mark Fried
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| Photo by Holger Nitschke |
