Brezilyali sair Murilo Mendes’in dogum yildonumu (13 Mayis 1901)
Bu yuzyilin baslarinda dogmadim ben.
Sonsuzluk icinde dogdum.
Ust uste birikmis binlerce hayattan dogdum.
Ust uste bir yigin huzunden dogdum.
Iyilikle kotulugu tanimak icin geldim dunyaya
Iyiyi kotuden ayirmak icin geldim.
Sevilmeden sevmek icin geldim.
Cocuklari avutmak icin geldim.
Zengin olmak icin
Baska zenginleri yikmak icin gelmedim.
Atalarimin bana biraktigi
Bu huzunden ve sikintidan kurtulmak icin geldim.
Zamanin gucluklerine katlanmaya
Ve geldigim sonsuzluktaki ilkeyi dogrulamaya geldim.
Seytani taslamaya geldim.
Esin meleklerine bosvermeye geldim.
Insanligin sesinin tek ses kalacagini
Iscilerin ve patronlarin sesini bastiracagini
Soylemeye geldim.
Beni yaratani yavas yavas tanimaya geldim,
Gorunce gozlerim kor olmasin diye.
I wasn't born in the beginning of this century:
I was born on eternity's plane,
I was born from a thousand superimposed lives
I was born from tenderness unfurled a thousand strong
I've come to learn good and evil
And to separate evil from good.
I've come to love and to be unloved.
I've come to ignore the great and comfort the small.
I haven't come to build my own wealth
Or to destroy the wealth of others.
I've come to quell the formidable weeping
Previous generations vouchsafed me.
I've come to experience doubt and contradiction.
I've come to suffer the influences of time
And to affirm the eternal beginning from whence I came.
I've come to hand out inspiration to the muses.
I've come to announce that the voice of humankind
Will muffle the voices of siren and machine,
And that the essential word of Jesus Christ
Will tame the words of boss and worker.
I've come to know God my creator little by little,
Because If I saw him suddenly, unprepared, I would die.


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