Post by ernesto thaddeus m. solmerano on Jun 12, 2008 18:37:34 GMT -5
Water and Fire
by José Rizal
(A Translation from the Spanish by Nick Joaquin)
Water are we, you say, and yourselves fire,
so let us be what we are
and co-exist without ire,
and may no conflagration ever find us at war.
but, rather, fused together by cunning science
within the cauldrons of the ardent breast,
without rage, without defiance,
do we form steam, fifth element indeed:
progress, life, enlightenment, and speed!
by José Rizal
(A Translation from the Spanish by Nick Joaquin)
Water are we, you say, and yourselves fire,
so let us be what we are
and co-exist without ire,
and may no conflagration ever find us at war.
but, rather, fused together by cunning science
within the cauldrons of the ardent breast,
without rage, without defiance,
do we form steam, fifth element indeed:
progress, life, enlightenment, and speed!