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Translation of poem written by Rubén Darío
Poets! Towers of God Poets! Towers of God
Heavenly lightning rods That resist severe storms
Or clouded, savage peaks! Masters of lightning!
Breakwaters of eternity!
Hope, magic-voiced, foretells the day When on the rock of harmony
The Siren traitorous shall die and pass away And there shall only be
The full, frank-billowed music of the sea.
Be hopeful still *** takes comfort
In the hatred of sacred poetry And blinded races one another spurn!
The revolt from below Spread to the highborn.
The cannibal still lusts after the raw, With red gums and sharpened teeth.
Towers, your laughing banners now unfold. Against all hatreds and all envious lies
Upraise the protest of the breeze, half-told, And the proud quietness of sea and skies....
Thank you