Anoaz

RESENTMEN

 

...Yes then, malicious man,

You find pleasure in my poverty

And you're not one to hide it,

With your big mouth full you say

--"I have accumulated things,

I have money, houses, lands,

And you? what have you done?"

...The one you mock

My poor man,

Has struggled as much as you

But look: in a vest

That was not as wide as yours.

Like you he didn't know how

To bring water to his mill...

But I must be silent

The poor have no other right

Than to be silent!

...Anyway, listen:

Your many goods?

I don't want them at all

But you, you still don't have enough,

You would even like to have my things,

And leave me naked on the ground

And you would still laugh with your big mouth

…………………………………….

One day however, braggart,

One day it will be seen

That your ashes will not

Have much more value

Than mine...

 

October 1965.