Palabras Fundamentales
Pablo Milanés
Fundamental Words
Make your life
a bell that rings
or a furrow in which it blooms and bears fruit
the luminous tree of the idea.
Raise your voice above the voiceless
of all the others, and make it clear
next to the poet, the man.
Fill your spirit with brightness;
seek the steepness of the summit,
and if the knotty support of your staff
offers any obstacle to your intent,
shake the wing of daring,
in the face of the daring of the obstacle!