the heights of macchu picchu - pablo neruda

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Alturas de acchu Picchu

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Pablo 1eruda

MACCHU PCCHU

Translated by Nathaiel ar

FARRAR, STRAUS & G I R 0 UX


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Ths edition@ 1966 by Jonahan Cape Ld.

ranlation@ 1966 by Nahae arn

Preface @ 1966 by Rober Prng-Mil

l rghs reserved

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brary of Congres caalog card number: 615010

Prined n e Unied Sates of Amerca

Desgned by Guy Fleming


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Me. Rge Caii and Rd Hagetange.

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pretatin b epndene r hi he in a Nega have

baed ye at hi ggetin n the text the atet editin

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source pe the name of the ite Mhu Picchu, have for the

ake of conitency folowed Neruda' peling everywhere:

Mchu Picchu.

would like to dedicate thi verion of Th Hights ih to my wife Patricia and to Seora Neruda

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eface

NUD S F GS Swrtng n Spanh today

and he Height Mah ih h nt po ad h na or orty yar ago wth h cond book Veintepea de ar y na ani6n deeperada (2 whch haod or on and quartr on cop n th Spanh txt

aon-and go on ng Born n 04 n arra n th outh o

Ch (on o a crw oran on th Chan raway) h pntot o h chdhood n th a pronca town o Tuco

H ra na wa Nta Ry, but ar o rdcu ro h

raton ad h u a pudony, whch h cond by borrowng

h xotc urna o a nntnthcnury Czch wrtr and

hangng Nta to abo ary potry brought h w

ucc aong h ow tudnt n Santago, but t wa th Veintepea whch gand h wdr a wth t brant u o acoknt wb o natur ybo to dn and anayz h pr

ona rpon to xprnc

k othr atn Arcan countr, Ch ot honor

hr pot by gng th a dpoatc pot, and n 7 Nruda wa

nt a conu to Rangoon pnt th nxt yar n aouonuat n Souhat Aa and durng th t a n o oaton

whch had arady arkd th arr o potry grw nto a

doat bakn undr th prur o two an cutur that o

th ndgnou Aatc pop wth who h coud tt

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cy wh un pn ppd h a uch

n Aa a had dn n Sanag Th nhd wdpcuwn pc aund h and Nuda d cap n a

cuu dngan adna pc p

bca ngy and aphca appxan

ca an ganzd n a udd banc "cha

aund a cna c n S h py (ccd

n h w u Reidenia en a tiea 933 and 935 xy bcu agy du h u pa yb und

h nunc h Sua and c h cncun

pa y n nd n any p bwn 98 and 93H wa and Bacna n 934 and Madd h

wng Fbuay Th ubak h Spanh c wa n Juy

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ya a) H u "cd py (paa en e ora6n 937 had a ak dcn nd a dn n abn

yhng h had puy wn H pn h cwaya hpng h Rpubcan cau-n Span Fanc and Ch

a gng back up ganz h gan Spanh

Rpubcan ug an Aca n Augu 940 h wappnd Chan cnugn n Mxc

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Neruda hel his post for just over thee yes, urng which his

reputaton steady gre His return to Chile n October 1943 was

a tripha jorney, on which he found hself acclae n capita

after captal by huge crows for who hs poetry seeed to voce

the serings and asprations of al the Latn Aercan peopest was urng this journey that Neruda ae the trp to Macch

Picchu which inspred te poe he wrote aost wo years ater,n Septeber 1945 ts central sybol is te ascent t the runs

of this ost nca cty high p n he Pervan Anes, whose very

exstence was unknown t 1911 though it s barely eighty ies

fro Cuzco

Cuzco had been the nca capita, center of an epre stretching three

thousand les fro north to south, with a very hghly develope

cvlizaton and a copex social stucture. A few ies northeast

of Cuzco stands Pisac, a fortress cty on a assive pinnacle of rock,gardng he upper Urubaba Fro Psac, the rver srges on

hroug the crggy gorges of a windng Vshaped vaey toward

the dstant basn of the Aazon, with a whoe syste of fortress

sanctaries-once lnked by a stonebuit roadset on the height

fro fteen hundred to two thousand feet above e Urubaba,

and about ten ies apart Olantaytabo (st uner costrctionwhen the Spaniards cae n 536), Huanarca, Pataacta,

Winaywhayna, Botaarca, and Loyaarca There as far as anybodyknew for centuries, he series ende Farther downstrea, however,

stoo the ost spectacuar of al tese ces set hgh between to

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peaks o overook he pace where he Uubaba goes cascadng

no hud unges and o proec e hghway o he capal ro

her unaed rbes

he peaks are Macchu Pcchu nd Huayna Pcchu-Old and

New Pcchuand he orer gave s nae o he cadel whchsands n he sadde beween he when ra Bngha ound

a a e when Neruda was a boy o seven down souh n euco

A al cy o sepped sone [I] Macchu Pcchu sands n a

grandose seng clngng o s geoercay erraced slope above

he swrlng rver aong enorous ounans-her ower reache

and he esser peaks al densely oresed Ecep or he absence os srwhached roos he unpeoped cy s nac: ncaey

paerned wh erraces waercourses squares epes and he

hghgabled wals o epy houses nerlockng o or a snge

archecural cope-panned as a un and bul by colecve

abor I s an absrac coposon: a paern o rgh angles and

perpendcuars and horzonas wh slanng sars and gableends and he ypca Inca rapezod doors and gaes and nches

whou a curve save where wals bend. he srucure has an alos

crysalne appearance s recnear syeres gvng an

presson o uably-polshed by he wnds bu oherwse

unchanged snce s nhabans abandoned or no known reason

and a an unknown daeIn he poe whch Neda wroe abou he runs hs cadel

becoes he cener o a angled sken o assocaons wh dspara

and nerwnng srands. I s by no eans a cearcu sybolbecause s eanng ss as he srong curren o eoon wnd

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bw pas ad ps, b Nda's joy adaly aks

o h a of a hihly psoal v o h io i which

h xpos boh his ow i wold ad h pas of ai

Aica a Th is o xplici io of h ciy ill h sixh

of h wlv pos which fo h sqc, s ali sciosdai o wih das physical joy b wih a kid of

pila hoh ha lif i sach of aifl h Wh

Nda dos ach Macch Pcch s hihs o o b

ac fo which al ls aks ss, icdi his ow coi

The Height o Macch icch da's ali wok falls iopac Is s v os a aos a capilaoy svy of h

di oods ad sis of his pvios poy whos vaios

sads h avs io a sil copx fabic I his, h aks

pad s of h whol a of hihd ais wih which

h had dowd his ajo hs ad ias ah ad sa, hai; h fcd cyc of h sasos ad h wal of a h

as a ia of akid ad a; ai ad bad sxal

ov isisibl Dah, ad h hiliai py dahs ad

dios of hd ba if h asic of h idvida

s aas h xpas of i lif as a shi o h

xpic of chaos ad h h o disc so picipl ofod; h poss sfac of xisc ad h sach fo ai;

soaio ao os fllows, ad h loi o coica

ad hs discov so siica idiy dd by a ipoca

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on nrstans t tals of Nas rsonal cosmoogy or

sars s vws on man an th pom taks on a spca manng

fo ac rar n trs of s rspons to s own xprnc

Ts s n on sns t of any pom yt t rang of on's

from of rspons s far mor rgly contro by poms wtan xplct ln of argmnt Nra works wth ambgts no

statng bt sggstng an say sggstng a nmbr of rnt

lns of togt an flng at any gvn tm t s ts fatr of

s approac wc maks s potry so xtaornary ar to

anslat, an xpots t fl rang of ambgty by mans of

nmros tcncal vcs Ts, no soonr as t sqnc opnan t movs nto a wb of woway syntax tat crats conctng

pattrns of assocaton aron t magry Ambgos syntax s onof t most fascnatng aspcts o Nras mannr of procng

n al s compx poms, yt t s a fatur wc s pclarly

tantalng to ranslators Ty can rary op to stabs a

corrsponng ambgty an trfor av tr to opt btwnlayrs of manng or s to gv t grammatca sns of a sng

layr wl tryng to sggst t otrs by wors wc carry

gtn an conctng assocatons, as Tarn os Somtms,

too, a wor wl av to b ntns bcas of a gr of

abstacton wc sms nbos n Engs, rqrng som kn

of concrt rnrng to acv an qvalnt mpact ts spartcary tr of som vry fqnt trms lk va or anantae or eina an Nra's tnkng s not ncssarymprcs bcas sc trms sm vag as vry oftn takn

a fary ntral wor an loa t wt s own assocatons by

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ung n nurou prvou conx who cuuav c s

bn o xnd and cary d o anng uch r c o

away b ranad hr by a ng nnd quvan nc

drn had o anng hav o b brough ou n drn

conx A urhr dcuy n th ac ha Nruda poryha a naura ng who gandur obg a ranaor o work

co o h brnk o wha gh hyprbo-a dangr Tarn

r o avod by ung auphrad harpdgd ag whrvr

pob

Th r po o h qunc opn wh h ag o an py

n "drdgng hough and abn aophr tng

xprnc bu gahrng nohng Th opnng con how u

Nruda dand by h urac o xnc kng nward and

downward or a hddn vn o god hn nkng owr

hrough h wav o a yboc a n a bnd arch o rdcovrh an o our xhaud huan prng-an roc ybo

ngd by conxua agry wh h aocaon o vanhd

parad and adng u k o Bt Ntn back "hroughh r ga and "no our r word

Th cond po conra h ndurng vau o prpua

ng naur a rch and cund n h rock a n h d wh angrndng hng down un h nd h own ou povrhd

how u h po ongng o o and and ar and hu

o nd h way bck o h knd o ruh h had ngrd onc

n on or xprncd n h ghnng ah rad by ov (h

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ore of h rgen beay in he Vente poeas Thi kind ofrh endre in grain, a we a in he gho of home in te tranen waer waer eretay owing from he Ande down o

he Pai, i a onan feare of Nerda Chiean bakgrond,

aking on ymboi overone in hi oery ha go far beyond heraditiona Sanih eqaion beween men' ive and river whih

ow eadiy oward he ea of deah Sh rh anno be fond

however, in the er of men' emy fae in iy ife-a hoand ore and faory whie, mankind reded o roboike

aomaathere eem o be no rae of the ndying qaiy of ife

in whih Nerda i beieve Where then an i be fond? Thaqeion ay nanwered for hree frer oem devoed o

onidering he nare of wo fae of deah one grea and nobe,and (ike he qaiy of e) no o be fond in iie; he oher

a grada and hmiiatng roe

The aer i he be of the hird m, whih ook direy

a modern man exiene eeing i hked o te ob ike maizeand eing ino he granary of mean even, a eah individa i

whied away by roine ivingno rody yhed a a ingeroke. Urban men wi owy away Nerda regard their kind of

ife a a waing deah in a bak , ed wih hardhi, ine

oi, and onene Thi image of he bak rembingbeae

hey rembea hey i i bak reare he way for he ontraing image of Mah Ph a a ermanene of one .

raied ike a haie [VI The reigio overone of h an image

eem qie deberae and hink ha Nerda ofen e Chriian

magery (ar of the genera Cahoi heriage of Soh Amera)

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o heghen a via pon much as Renaissance poes used he pagan

myths ringng the exured associaions of an exended rame of

eference ino pay wihou impying he iera rh of is concepa

framewor

he fourth poem aes us a sage frher no ony showingNeruda wooed y he reer Deah (using sea imagery o hin a

is aacon) u aso inroducng he heme o ove for he poes

eow men his remains unreaiza however as ong as a he

sees of tem is jus their daiy deah his own experience in he uran

conex progressivey coses him o from hem diving hm sree

y stree o he as degrading hove where he has o face his ownsma death in an empy mood which recas he desoaion ofResena en la terra he shor h poem denes his ind odeath even more cosey in a series of seemingy surreaistic images

eavng a na vision of modern ie with nohing in is wounds

save wnd in guss o chi ones cod inersices of sou A

ha poin he ide s a he e: hs is � the owes codes sageof he whoe sequence

hen quie sddeny he poem egins o rise (in he sixth seion) as Nerda cims upward in space oward he heighs oMacchu Picchu and acward in ime oward he momen when ha

geomericay perec ciy was creaed a momen n ime which is a

pon where a ines come ogeher hings cic arpy no paceand the paern of pas and presen suddeny maes sensea sense

which wi aer urn ou o conain uiin essons fo he fure

( hese are no mmediaey made cear perhaps no even seenye y he poe) Here wo ineages ha had run parae mee

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an fse he lne behn all en an etty eaths an the lne oeranene behn the rerrng fertlty of natre hae been ro

e nto the ast, as t were, ntl they araoally et a on

stll ont whh was he habtaton s the ste"reseblng

the stll ont of the trnng worl" where ast an ftre argahere," n Brnt orton

Mah Ph s the lae where aze grew hgh" an wer

en are the a's eee to wee royal robes an both

nereal an fes garents What enres s he ollete r

anene hose en reate all at was transtory as saeare

leang the stone ty to the lstraton of the ar Seton VII k ths ontrast between what enres an what has anshe, an

sees the tre, the ot onsng eath" (whh Nera ol

not n n oern streets) as hang slan those longast en

ther eath beng nobler bease t was a ollete erene (they

ar the shaes of one rane" who lete lke an atn

nto a snge eath") What they left behn the was ther tael rase lke a hale n al those hans"-whh Nera sees as

the eerlastng rose, or hoe" (Ia rosa peranente, Ia oraahs rose" s one of Nera's faorte sybols, taken n theOa al eco (Oas eleentales 195) n a way wh sees toe to llnate ts eanng here n the later oe, en hae to

oeroe all etty res so as to bl a oea eft balanngo allate fores-hereby brngng orer ot of the aros

aterals whh they ae taen fro natre, n he ereton of he

ollete rose" whh s the ee of all ann," strtre onason an teel n e rst of aness. he latons o

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vastng os" n Macchu Pcchu a not yt as caut but tponts n ths dcton

Nuda fs that h can dntfy" th th absout ath h

nds on th hghts but hs sach fo ths tu dath has bn

sac fo a mo postv knd of dntty as and aso fo dntcaton though natu th hs fo mn Th jouny backadn tm and upad n spac as an poaton n hch th pot

andmo by mans of fng than by mans of thought-to sn facts of th tuth both about msf and about th natu of

stnc Th jouny dos not nd hov at ths st pont th

th dscovy of th cty vng ts ndung f of ston Th saady a hnt of th na outcom n f of ston after so anyles," but th buoyancy of hs dscovy asts though th nt topoms VII th ts vvd vocaton of sugng natu and p

Coumban man nkd n th common dan and fusd togth

by a am nstncv ov hch th pot summons up fom th pas

to tansfus th psnt and mbac th futu (antcpatng thmo psona summons to hs past boths n XI and IX a

somn and ncantatoy chant mad up of unts basd on ntockngmtaphos th th phas de pedra (of ston cung k thOa po nobs of a tany budng up to a na pa of ns hch

bngs us staky back both to th gat mass of mn ho asd

th ctad and to th onay thust of mansayng tmTh poms ast majo tunng pont coms th th quston

opnng ts tnth scton: Ston thn ston and man h as

h? Nuda bgns to ond hth th mn ho but upton on ston n ongpat tm may not phaps hav bn

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rb m tdy, d whether te gemetrl preis the

tdel might t t hve bee ereted bse hm

serg "ste bve ste grdwrk rgs I blt

by slves i wht dts dd tese live? Ws Aet Ameri

tht t ly bre the rse mid bt ld trslte it ithe rdit weve mtter-bsed strvt hrdg "the

egle hger ts depths?

the eleveth set Ned sives t get beyd he wev

tter til he hld the ld d remembered hm

he i hs hd (eelig it plse like pive brd), seeg behd

the trsedetl sp Mh Pih t he ivisble "hyptese hirshirt d slt bld impled by eh rigt gle hse

is M is wht mtters bese m s wider h ll the se,

d Nerd wts t get thrgh t ll he me wh died bildig

ths ty, s tht hey my rise g t brth-wth him d hgh

hms his "brhers It wld �e esy t smile t this i he light

ther prejdies, seeig t s a kd tle retrtve Wrker the wrld, te! Bt the mrl t drws rm he pst thrsts

rwrd i the sme dret s devrg tme, d the Nerd

wh smms he vished rtsme Mh Ph the

pem, skg them t sh hm the ples her gy (evked

i lgge lkg their serigs t the stts he rss)

s ble d mpsg gure wh ds hs ltimte lllmet bemg the vld spkesm the ded hs Sh Ameri

ded i prtilr bt i the lst resrt ll mkid.

Wt relly mtters t Nerd w is ht whih his w ex

periee hs mm with the epeee ther me pls he

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ey f is eed t sw me t temseves i su wy tt tey

fee te idety beid tei septe ives d se is isit

Yet its wy twd ts pubi edi te seqee s

exped umes me pivte itepeeti yes f

existee d te fe f its disveies t tese dieet evesies despte te pubi te f e est

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L A A A coo na re acaba yo enre as cales Ia asfera egano espenoen e aeneno e ooo a onea eenae as hojas enre Ia praera las espgas

o qe el s grane aor coo enro e n ganeqe cae nos enrega coo na arga lna

Das e flgor o en Ia neperee os cerpos aceros conerosa slenco e co

noches eshachaas hasa Ia a harnaesabres agreos e la para npcal

Agen qe e esper6 enre os onesenconr6 n no coo na ore enerraahneno s espra s abajo e oas

as hojas e color e ronco azfres abajo en el oro e a geologacoo na espaa enea en eeoroshn Ia ano rblena ceen o s gena e o erresre

Pse a frene enre las olas profnasescen£ coo goa enre a paz sfrca coo n cego regres al jazne la gasaa praera hana


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AIR A like an empy nereging thrugh streets an ambien atmhere came

lavish at autumns crnatin wth the leavesprer f currency anbetween sping an wheat ears

at whic a bunless lve caught in a gauntlet fallgrans us lke a lngngere mn

(ays f live raiance n scan

bes steels cnvere

the silence f aci

nights isentangle the ulimate urassaulte stamens f the nuptial lan

Smene waiting fr me amng he vilins

me with a wrl like a burie twer

sinking its spiral belw the layere leaves

clr f raucus sulphuran lwer yet in a vein f gl

lik a swr in a scabbar f metersI plunge a turbulent an tener han

the ms secre rgans f e earth

Leaning my frehea thrugh unfathme wavesI sak a single rp within a seep f sulphur

where lke a blin man I retace he jasminef ur ehauste human spring

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Sr a Ia or entrega el alto geren Ia roca antene s or senaaen s goleao traje e aante arenael hobre arrga el alo e Ia lz qe recoge

en los eternaos anantales arnos talara el etal altante en ss anosY onto entre Ia roa el ho sobre la esa hnacoo na barajaa canta qea el alacarzo esvelo lgas en el ocanocoo estanqes e fro ero an

tala agonzala con ael con oosrgela en Ia alfobra cotana esgalaentre las vestras hostles el alabe

o or los correores are ar o canosqn gara sn al (coo las encarnaas

aaolas s sangre? c6lera ha etenaoIa tste ercana el veneor e eresentras en Ia altra el crelo el rooese l aos eja s carta trasarentesobre Ia sa raa qe lo esera oh coraz6n oh frente trtraaentre las cvaes el otoo

ntas veces en las calles e nerno e na ca o enn atobs o n barco en el cresclo o en la soleas esesa Ia e Ia noche e esta bajo el sono


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ow o ow dvs p is sdd ock mis s bossom bodcs

i buisd gm of dmod d sdy m cumps h p of h lgh h skm

fom h pdmid soucs of h sd dils h pusg ml i hs hds

Soo, cgh bw cloths d smok, o h sk oo

h souls ducd o shud pck,

qz d somi, s i h s,

lik pools of coldy hs is o ough

h kls, cofsss i o pp wih comp,mus i h g of hbi, shds

i hosi ppl of wi

No fo i codosi, s o ld

who gds his vis md

lik scl popps? Now g hs bldth dy ws of h d ctus,

wh, i h pm ts coo, h dw

hs lf co of vsios fo housd y

pd o h wiig wig, oh h, oh fc

goud sml mog h cvs of utum

How my ims i wty cy ss, o

bus, bo dsk, o i h ds solud

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smbs cms I mism gu c humm quis busc I v isbqu s qu I i mg qu b

s

L qu c cm u hisi mi pqus chs s v pii u mqu si cs s u s cs gmis qu iic sim s sg m qu gu s i sp cm

s I iv is hs s s sgi

N u si si u cim ss mscspciis cm is vccm ps isss his u bisqu hici mb misb b s zs sus

N uv sii scs I m qu ci cm gu mi c m cm gum ci cishubi vu c f mi m i

Qu hmb E qu su cvsci6 bi s mcs s sibis cu sus mvimi

micsiv isucib imc vi?

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f bells nd sdws, n te ery lr f umn plesure,

e wted t puse nd lk fr te eterl, unftmble

trts lment d nere nce n stne r in te s kiss

relesed.

(t wc in wet lke yellw istry

f smll full brests repets clculus

ceselessly tender in te burenn

nd wc lwys te sme wy usks t iry-

tt wc s st f e in te trnslucent wter

belln frm e lne snws dwn t tese wes f bld)

culd nly rsp cluster f fces r msks

trwn dwn lke rins f llw ld

lke screcrw cltes, duters f rbd utumn

skn te stunted tree f e fritened rces.

I d n plce in wic my nd culd rest

n plce runnin lke rnessed wter

rm s nuet f nrcite r crystl

respndn, t r cld t my pen nd

t ws mn n wt lyer f s umdrum cersti,mn s sps nd srens wc f s metllc mements

led mpersbly e qulty f lfe

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L ER coo e mz e egb e e icbbe ge e hech ei, e cecimiemiebe e u iee ch u muee, i much muee, egb c u

c u muee eque v, gu mque e g e e e ububi u eque muee

e gueeb e c hmbe cm u c Iz e e hmbe ei e e cuchi,e ge e hij e ue e ci cu e

e e e ce ee

efecie ee u muee u cmuee ii

u queb cig e c ecm u c eg que beb emb

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EG LKE maz gais fi th xhaustb st f st dds shddy

ccucs fm t v t sx

ad t dath but may cam t ach

ach day a t dath: dust aggt ampdchd th mi f sububs a it dath wth fat wgs

td it ach ma ik a sh bad

ad sig was ad t hm by bad kif:

th dv th s f habs th dak capta f pws

th dt wad thugh ds sts:

a f hm wakd wag f thi dath th bf

ad day dath

ad th mius dwidg ach day

was k a back cup thy tmbd wh thy dad

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PDER muete me init6 muchas ecesea como la sal insile en las olas, lo que su nsile sao disemnaaea como mtades de hundimientos altua

o astas constucciones de iento entisqueo

Yo al feo lo ne, a la angostuadel aie, a la motaja de agcultua peda,al estela aco de los pasos 1ales a la etiginosa caetea epial:

peo, anco ma, oh muete, de ola en ola o ienessino como un galope de cadad noctua como los totales nmeos de la oce.

Nunca egaste a huga e1 el olsillo, no eaposile tu ista sin estimenta oja

sin auoal alfoma de cecado lecosn altos o enteados patimo1os de lgmas

No pude ama en cada se u1 olcon su peqeo otoo a cuestas (la muete

de mil hojas

todas las falsas muetes las esuecconessn tea, sn asmoquise nada en las ms anchas das,en las ms sueltas desemocaduas,

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IssE death inted me any timest was ke salt occulted n the waes

and what its nsble agance suggested

ws agments of wecks and heghts

o ast stuctues of wnd and snowdft

I had come to the cut o the blade, the naowest

channe in a, the shoud of ed and stone,

the ntestella oid of utate steps

and the awesome spial way

though not though wae on wae do you attan us, ast sea o deathbut athe lke a galop o wlght,

the compehense mathematcs o the dak.

You nee came to scabble n ou pockets,

you coud not pay a st without a scaet mantle,

an ealy capet ush ecosed n slence,a hetage of teas, enshned o bued hee

I could not loe wthin each man a tee

wth its emandeed autumns on its back (leaes alng

n thei thousands,

all these false deahs and a these esuectons,sans eath, sans depths

I wshed to swm in te most ampe lies,

e wdest estuaes,

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cuando poco a poco el hombre fu negndome fu cerrando pao puerto para que no tocaranm mano manantale u netenca herdaentonce fu por calle call ro ro,

cudad cudad cama cama atrae6 el deerto m mcara alobre, en la ltma caa umllada n lmpara n fuegon pan, pedra n lenco oloromurendo de m propa muert


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d we itte by itte m cme deyig me

sig is pts d ds s tt I cud t tuc

s wuded iexistece wit my diviig ges

I cme by te wys tug steets ive by ive

city by city e bed fte tefcig my bckis sembce tug wildees

til i te st f ves ckig l ligt d e

bed ste d silece I pced t lst le

dyig f my w det

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No Es U,muerte grae, ae de plumas frreasla que el pobre heredero de las habtaconeslleaba entre almentos apresurados, bajo la pe acaera algo un pobre palo de cuerda extemnada

un tomo del pecho que no no l cobateo el spero roco que no cay6 en la renteEra lo que 10 pudo renacer un pedaode la pequea muerte sn pa n terrtoroun hueo una campana que mran en l

Yo leant las endas del yodo hund las manosen los pobres dolores que mataban la merte,y no encontr en la herda sno una racha fraque entraba por los agos ntestcos del alma

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JT W T o, gve de, po o o pumge e db e o suc odggs ced

mxed w s gobbled os ude oow s

e: odde edl of old ope

e om o couge gve wyo some s dew eve dslled o swe.

s could o be ebo, pce

o de wou equem,

be boe o dg cuc bel dyg om w.

Lfg ese bdges eekg o odeI pluged my ds umble ces woud ve

soeed dyg

d og dd I mee w e woud sve wd guss

ced my cod esces of sou


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TOCES en a escaa de a tiea he subidoente a ato maaa de as seas pedidashasta ti Macchu Picchu

Ata cudad de piedas escaaespo n moada de que o teesteno escondi6 en as domida estiduaEn ti como dos neas paaeas,a cuna de empago y de hombese mecan en un iento de espinas

Made de pieda espuma de os c6ndoes

Ato aecife de a auoa humana

Paa pedida en a pimea aena.

Esta fu a moada ste es e sitioaqu os anchos ganos de ma ascendieoy bajaon de nueo como ganio ojo.

Aqu a heba doada sai6 de a icua

a esti os amoes os tmuos as madese ey as oaciones os gueeos


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bEN up he aer o he earh I cmbehrough he barbe uge hce

ul I reache you Macchu Pcch.

Ta ciy o epe oe,home a og a o whaeer earh

ha eer he i her eepg clohe

I yo wo eage ha ha ru parae

me where he crae boh o ma a ght

rocke a w o hor.

Moher o oe a perm o coor

Hgh ree o he hma aw

Spae brie i prmora a

Th wa he habao h he e:

here he fa gra o maze grew hgh

o a aga ke re ha

The eece o he cua wa care here

o cohe me' oe go her omb a moherhe kg, he rayer, he warro.


49/93

Aqu los pies del hombre descasaro de oche juto a los pies del guila e las altas guaridascariceras, y e Ia aurorapisaro co los pies del trueo Ia iebla erarecda

tocaro las tieras y las piedrashasta recoocerlas e la oche o la muerte

Miro las vestiduras las maos,el vestigio del agua e Ia oquedad soora,Ia pared suaviada por el tacto de u1 rostro

que mir6 co mis ojos las lmparas terrestresque aceit6 co mis maos las desaparecidasmaderas porque todo, ropaje, pie/, vasijas,palabras, vio, paes,e u cay6 a Ia tierr

Y el are etr6 co dedode aahar sobre todos los dormidosmil aos de aire, meses, semaas de air�,de vieto aul, de cordillera frrea,que fuero como suaves huracaes de pasoslustrado el solitario recito de Ia piedra


50/93

Up here en fee found re a ngh

near eage' aon in he high

eaued eyre And in he dawn

wih hunder ep hey rod he hinnng i

ouhng he earh and one ha hey gh reogneha ouh oe nigh oe deh

I gae a lohe and handrae of waer n he booing iera wal burnhed by he ouh of a fae

ha wineed wih y eye he earh arpe of aperoied wih y hand he vanhed woodor everyhing apparel kn po word

wine loave ha diappeared

allen o earh.

And he air ae in wih leon bloo ngero ouh hoe leeping fae:a houand year of air onh week o airblue wind and ron ordilera-

hee ae wi genle fooep hurriane

leaning he lonely pren of he one


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MuRTos de J solo abismo, sombas de una hondonada,a pofunda, es as como al tamaode vuesta magnitudvino la vedadea, la ms abasadoa

muete desde las ocas taladadas,desde los capiteles escalata,desde los acueductos escalaesos desplomasteis como en un otooen una sola mueteHo el aie vaco a no loa,

a no conoce vuestos pies de acilla,a olvid6 vuestos cn taos qe ltaban el cielocuando lo deamaban lo cuchillos del ao, el bol podeoso fu comidopo la niebla, cotado po la achal sostuvo una mano que ca6 de epente

desde la altua hasta el nal del tiempoYa no sois, maos de aaa, dbileshebas, tela enmaaadacuanto fuistes ca6 costmbes, sabasadas, mscaas de lu deslumbadoa.

Peo una pemanencia de pieda de palabala ciudad como un vao se levant6 en l manosde todos, vivos, muetos, callados, sotenidosde tanta muete, un muo, de tanta vida un golpe


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DED of a ommo aby hade of oe avethe deepeta if to math

he ompa of you magtude

th how t ame he tue the mot oumg death

om pefoated okfom mo oe

ad ataatg aquedut

you plummeted lke a autum

to a gle death.

oday the vaat a o loge mou

o kow you hadlke feetfoget you pthe that lteed he ky

whe the kve of he lghg pped t ope

ad the poweful tee wa devoued

by mt ad felled by wd

It utaed a hd tha uddely pihed

fom the heght to the depth of tmeYou o loge et pde ge, fal

thead, tagled lotheveythg you wee

dopped away utom ad tateed

ylable he dazzlg ma of lght

Ad yet a pemaee of toe ad laguageupheld the y aed le a hale

i all hoe had lve, dead ad tlled,

aloft wth o muh death a wall, wth o muh life


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de ptalos de peda: Ia osa pemanente Ia moada:este aecfe andno de colonas glacales

Cuando Ia mano de colo de aclla

se cont6 en aclla, cuando os pequeos ppados se ceaonllenos de speos muos, poblados de castllos, cuando todo el hombe se ened6 en su agujeoqued6 la eacttud enabolada:el lto sto de Ia auoa humana:Ia ms alta asja que contuo el slenco

una da de peda despus de tantas das


56/93

suk wih ps: h vsg os ou ho

hs o Ads is gi ios

O h dy h yood hd

ws uy hgd io y d wh dw yids osdupo buisd ws d hoss o bms

wh o i us igd bk io is buow

h mid pso uud

o h hgh ps o h hum dw,

h s ub h v hd ou si

i o so so my ivs.

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SuBE COGO, amo amercan

ea conmgo la pedra ecetaa plata toencal del Ubamba

hace vola el polen a copa amrillaV ela el vo de Ia eedadeaIa planta prea Ia girnalda dra obre el lenco del cajn errano.Ven mncla vida entre la alde Ia tera mentra-ctal y fro aire golpeado

apatando emeralda combatdaoh aga alvaje baj de Ia neve.

Am o amo hta Ia noche abrptadede el onoo pedeal andnohaca Ia aror de rodilla oja

contempla el hijo ciego de Ia neve

Oh Wilkamay de onoro hlocando rompe t teno linealeen blanca epma como heid nevecando t vendaval acantilado

canta y catiga depertando al cieloq doa trae a la oreja apenadearraiada de t epma andina?


60/93

CE UP WTH E Amca v

K h c wh m

h a v f th Uubamba

mak h p y gd cup.h hw f h bdwd maz,

th ptd pa h xb gaad

a abv h c h mua c.

m dmuv f, bw h wg

f h ah wh yu cd, cya h hammd

hug mbad mad apa, avag wa fa fm th hm f w.

Lv v u th gh cap

fm th gg Ad

dw h daw d k,

cm u ad cmpa h w bd

Wkamayu f h udg mwh yu d yu k f hud

wh fam cud f wudd w,

wh yu uh wd fa k a avaach

ag ad bg au h ky,wha aguag d yu wak a a

fd bu a mm fm yu Ada pum?


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Quin apres6 el relmpag del fr l dej6 en la altura encadenadrepartid en sus lgrimas glaciaessacudid en sus rpids espaas

glpeand sus estambres aerridscnducid en su cama e guerrersbresaltad e su nal de rca

Qu di tus destells acsadsTze secret relmpag rebelde

antes viaj6 pblad de palabrasQui va rpied slabas heladasidimas negrs estandartes de rbcas prfundas grits smetidsen tus del gad as aguas arteriales

Quin va crtand prpads ralesque vienen a mirar dede la tierraQuin precipita ls racims muertsque bajan en tus mans de cascadaa desgranar su nche desgranadaen el carbn de la gelga

Quin despea la rama de ls vnculs?Quin tra vez epulta ls adises


62/93

Wh cught h ghtnng f h cd

bndnd t chand h hghts

dat ut ang ts fzn as

bandshd upn s nb swds

ts sasnd stans pud hadd a was bd

hundd t hs cky cncusins?

Wht d yu had scntns whisp?

Dd yu sy bus ash

g tvng nc ppuus wh wds?Wh wands gndng fzn sybs

bck nags gdhdd bnns

fhss uths nd tapd cs

n u tnuus t wats?

Wh gs dadhadng bss yidsc t bsv us f h f th?

Wh sctts dad sd custs

dpping f u cascadng hands

t bd th wn dsntgtn h

n cs ggy?

Wh hs ung dwn th bnchs f ths chins

nd bud nc gn u vtgs ?


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Amo, amo, o toques a fotea,i adoes a cabea sumegidadeja que e tiempo cumpa su estatuae su sa de maatiaes otos,

ete e agua veo as mua/as,ecoge e aie de desadeo,as paaeas mias de vieto,e caa ciego de as codieas,e !peo saudo de oco, sube, o a o, po a espesua,

pisado a sepiete despeada

E a escapada oa, pieda bosquepovo de esteas vedes, seva caa,Matu estaa como u /ago vivoo como u uevo piso de siecio

V e a mi popio se a aba mahasta as soedades cooadas

E eio mueto vive todava

Y e e Reoj a somba saguiaiade cdo cua como ua ave ega


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ov ov do ot com a th bod

avod adog ths su had

t tm xhaust a masu

s abod of bok ovus-

h btw cs d ushg watstak o yousf th a amog hs passs

th amad mag of h wd

h bd caa thadg hgh codas

dw wh ts bt ggs

ad cmb ow by ow, though t thckss

ampg h cog ucf

hs stp zo of t ad fost

g stadus jugcad

au th vay cacks ik a vg ak

o a w v of sc.

om to my vy bg to my ow daw

o cowd souds

h fa kgdom suvvs us a hs wh

Ad o hs da th codos shadowcuss as avous as woud a pat shp.


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An S a e bu

Btin perdido, mitaa ciga.

Cintur6n etreo, pan solomne.

Esa torenc, prpo inmno

Tnia tanular, polen e piedra

Ura e ranito, pan de pedra

Serpiente minr, roa de pidra.

Nae entera, mananti de pdra

Cablo de la luna luz de pedra

Esuadra equinocial, apor e piera

Geometa n lio de pedra.

T�mpano ene l rfagas labrado

Mrpora del tiempo sumergo


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ILL EAGE, vnms

rsn bsn, bnd scmitr.

Orn bt, crmn br

Trrn sty, mmsurb yi

Tringu tunic, pn f stn

Grnt mp, brd f stn

Minr snk, rs f stn

Shbur, surc f stn

Hrs in th mn, stn ght

Equnt qudrnt, vpr f stn

Umt gmtry, bk f stn.

cbrg cd mng squs

ra f sunkn m


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Muraa or lo ddo uavizada

Tchumbr or la luma combatida

Ramo d jo, ba d tormnta

Trono volcado or Ia nrdadra

Rgimn d la garra ncarnizada

Vndaval otnido n Ia vrtint

nm6vil catarata d turqua

Camana atriarcal d lo dormido

Argolla d la niv dominada

Hirro acotado obr u tatu

naccibl tmoral crrado

Mano d uma roca anguinaria

Torr ombrra, dicui6n d niv


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Figer-softned rampa

Fathr-assaultd roof.

Miror splits, thusto fuatins

Thos und by th clb vi

The bldckd tal's law

Gal at a stastil o a slp

Still tuquois cataract

Patriachal chiig of th slprs

Maacle of subjuat sws

ro tilti tward status

Sto iaccssibl a cos

Pua paws blooston

Twing shaow convocatio of sws.

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Noche e/evd en dedo y rce.

entn de l nebl plom endrecd

Plnt noctrn ett de lo treno

Cordller eencl techo mrino.

Arqtectr de gl perdd

Cuerd del elo bej de l ltr

Nvel ngento etrel contrd

Brbj mnerl ln de crzo

rente ndn frente de mrnto

Cl del leno ptr pr

Nov del mr rbol de ctedrle

Rmo de l cerezo de l negr

Dentdr nevd trueno fro

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igh his up gs a s

Ww f h ss, hass v

ca fag, c f ucaps

Cia spi, cac f

Achicu f say ags

Sky , ciax f h

B v, csuc s

Mia bubb, f qaz

Aa sp, aah bw

D f sic, usui h

Sa bi, caha b

Bach f sa, backwg chy

Swcapp h, c h


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u , mz

b fo cc6

oc mo c ocu

O cc6 mo


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arrd oo aig sto.

Hair of th old fritio of wid.

Volo of hads dark atarat.

ilr wa Dstiatio of ti

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77/93

PEDR en a ea e hobe ne euvo?Ae en e ae e hobe ne euvo?Teo en e eo e hobe 6ne euvoFue abn e eo oo

e hobe nconcuo e gua vaaque o a ce e hoy que o a hueaque o a hoja e ooo ueova achacano e aa haa a uba?La obe ano e e a obe va Lo a e a uz ehachaa

en coo a uva obe a banea e a eaeon ao a ao e u aeno ocuoen a boca vaca?

Habe coa e hobehabe ana ecea az e o eaoe

habe ub u aya e aecfehaa ea aa oe eena?

o e neogo a e o canouae a cuchaa ae aquecuaoe con un ao o eabe e ea

ub oo o ecaone e ae haa e vaoaca a enaa haa oca e hobe.Macchu Pcchu ueea en a ea y en a bae haao?


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STON wihin sone, and mn, whee was hAi wihin ai, and mn, whee ws he?

Time wihin time, nd man, whee ws he?

Wee you aso he shateed fagmen

of indecision, of hoow eagewhich, hough the seets of today, n the od tcks

though he eaves of ccumuated uumns

goes pounding at he sou into the tomb?

Poo hand, poo foot, nd poo, dea ife .

The dys of unveed ight

in you amiia infaing on festday bndeias,

did hey gan, pea by pe, thei dak nouishmen

to such n empy mouth?

Famine, coa of mnkind

hunge, secet pan oot of th woodcuttes

famine, did you jagged eef dt upto those high, sidesipping owes?

1 quesion you, s of he highways,show me he owe ; aow me checue

to et stone stamens with ite sik,

cib a he seps of ai ino he empinessscape he intesine uni ouch mankindMcchu Picchu, did you ift

stone above sone on goundwok of ags?

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rbn obr crbn, y n l fondo lgrim?Fugo n l oro y n l, mblndo l rojo

gorn d I ngr?

Dulm l clo qu nScud d l irr l pn durodl mirbl, murm lo idodl iro y u nnDim cmo durmi cundo iDim i u u uo

ronco, nrbiro como un hoyo ngrohcho por fig obr l muro.l muro l muro Si obr u uo

gri cd pio d pidr, y i cy bjo llcomo bjo un lun con l uo

Anigu Amric noi umrgidm bin u do,l lir d l hci l lo o d lo dio,bjo lo ndr nupcil d luz y l dcoro,mzcndo l runo d lo m bor y d l lnz,mbin, mbin u ddo

lo qu ro brc y ln l fro, loqu l pcho ngrino dl nuo crl rldronh l d mri rdin, h l dur ciddmbi mbin Amric nrrd gurd n lo m bjon l mrgo inino como un guil, l hmbr?


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oa uon coal an a he boom ea

ecee gol an n ha go he boa

ene o thi bloo

Le me have back he ave you bue hee Wench om hee lan he ale be

o he oo ove me he ae

on he e oin ou h wow.

el me how he e when alve

whehe he noe

h mouh gae like a ak cawon by ae no he wal

Tha wal ha wal each one oo

weghe own hi lee an i he el

beneath hem a beneah a moon wh al ha ee

Ancien Ameia bie in he vel o eayou nge alo

om he ungle' ege o he ae hegh o go

une he nua banne o g an eveence

bening wh hune om he um an lance

you nge you nge a

ha boe he oe in min an halne o he cohe booenche bea o he new co anae

ino he aan weave o mae an aamanne holow

wih them wh hem bue Ameica wee you n ha gea eh

the bilou hoang he eagle hunge


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A s DEL cs eper tr e che e per) jme hr my ej qe e m ppte) cm e m s prer>e ej cr6 e

Djme r hy est ch) qe es ms ch qe e mr)prqe e hmbre es m ch qe e mr y qe ss s)y hy qe cer e cm e p pr r e c rm e secret y e eres smersDjme r) ch per) prprc6 p ers> trsceete me s pers e p

y e ecr jme hy rebr m bre hptes e per re y cc

C) cm herrr e tr rjs) e c6r rbme /pe s ee e e re e eoy e hrc e pms crcer brre e p mbr

e ects es) e best e e e ce cc e s rre e t ser) serr) e rme s cmps) e cerp) m cerp) hmbre> m mjere>bj rch er ers e y che>c per pes e estt

J Crtper hj e Wrcch>J Cmer hj e estre ereJ Peescs) et e trqebe cer cm> herm


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ko a confuson of splendorhrough a ngh made sone le me plunge my hand

nd move o bea n me a brd held for a housand years

he old and unremembered human hea

oday le me forge hs happness wdr han all he seabecause man is wder than all he sea and her necklace of slands

and we must all no hm as down a well o clamber back wth

branches of secre waer recondie ruhs

Allow me o forge crcumference of sone he powerful

prortons

he ranscendenal span he honeycomb's oundationsand from he sesquare allow my hand o slde

down a hypoenuse of hairshr ad sal blood

When ike a hoseshoe o rusing wngcases the urious condor

baers my emples n he order of gh

and his ornado of carnvorous feahers sweeps he dark dusdown slanng sarways do no see he ush of he brd

nor he bld sckle of hs alons

! see the ancen being he slave he sleepng oneblanke hs elds-a body a thousand bodes a man a housand

women swep by the sable whrlwind charred wh ran and ngh

soned wth a leaden wegh of satuary Jua Splisones son o Wracocha

Juan odbelly heir of he green sar

Juan Baref grandson o he urquose

isng o brh wh me as my own brother


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SuBE CER cogo heo

De I o ee I ofu

zo e u oo eaoNo vove e foo e ocaNo vove! e e o ubeeoNo vove u voz euecaNo vove! u ojo o

e ee e foo e eabo ejeo o caooo e guco ueeaba e ao eaoguo e a ga a

joyeo e o eo achacogcuo ebo e eafeo e u ge eaoae I co e ea uev vavueo vejo ooe eeooe vuea ge y vueo uco

ece qu£ fu£ cgooque Ia joy o 6 o I eo eeg6 a eo Ia e o e go

ee Ia e e que cae

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ARISE B with y bh.

Giv yu hand ut th dpth

wn by yu wYu wi n tun th tn atn

Yu wi nt g ubtanan ti

Yu aping vic wi nt c back

n yu picd y i hi kt

Lk at th dpth th th

ti d wav ticnt hphd

g ttic guanac

an high n yu tachu cading

ican Andan ta

jw with cud nga anxiu ang hi ding

ptt watd ang hi cay

bing t th cu hi nw i

yu ancint buid w

Sw yu bd and yu uw

ay t h I wa cugdbcau a g wa du bcau th athaid t giv up in ti it tith cn tn

Pint ut th ck n which yu tubd

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89/93

mdr qu cruccrcddm vj dr, vj m r d rv d

hch d br rd

Y v hbr r vur bc mur

A rv d rr jud d c b drrmd dd fd hbdm d r chcm uvr c vr cd

dm d cd cd,b6 b6, ,d cuchl qu urdd m ch m mcm u r d r mrcm u r d r rrd

djdm rr hr d dd c r

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90/93

h w hy u uy yu by

k h ns

n nn mp gh up h whpgu yu wuns hughu h nu

n gh h s gmng wh yu b

I m spk yu muh

Thughu h h p ngg

u h ph spn h ng ngh m

I nh h wh yu

An vyhng hn by hn nk by nk n sp by p ;

hpn h nv yu p hn wy

u hm n my bs n y hn

k n f sunbus

n Azn f bu jgu

n v m y hus, y n ybn g nus


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m c, g,

m uch, h, c

Agm cu cm m

Ac m y m bc

b m bym


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nd giv sin gv w hp.

Giv h sugg h in h vns

L bdis ing ik gns y bdy

quiky y vns nd y uh.

pk hugh y sph nd hugh y bd


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the heights of macchu picchu - pablo neruda

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