Saturday, November 04, 2006

"there is no road, the road is made by walking"

I found the below poem (by Antonio Machado) when I heard the middle lines ("the path is made by walking") on the radio one morning. Right now, for various reasons, my way seems unclear, and so this poem seems appropriate.

Wanderer, your footsteps are
the road, and nothing more;
wanderer, there is no road,
the road is made by walking.
By walking one makes the road,
and upon glancing behind
one sees the path
that never will be trod again.
Wanderer, there is no road--
Only wakes upon the sea.
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Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino, y nada más;
caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace camino,
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante, no hay camino,
sino estelas en la mar.

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