Potosi 1598
Spanish Couplets to be Sung and Danced
I have seen a man survive
with a hundred wounds from a lance
and later saw him die
from just a single glance.

Down in the sea a whale
sighed and sighed again
and his sighings told this tale
"He who loves, has pain."

Today I want to laugh
now that I have no sorrow,
in case the fates should bring
tears to my eyes tomorrow.

Eduardo Galeano: 'Genesis'

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