Saturday, September 4, 2010

Translation of the Poem

It occurred to me the other day that some people might want a translation of the poem we have on our blog. It is actually a excerpt from a much longer poem by Spanish poet Antonio Machado. The poem has great meaning for me for many reasons. Here is the translation (with some artistic liberties taken):

Traveler, the path is your tracks
And nothing more.
Traveler, there is no path;
The path is made as you walk.
As you walk you make a path;
And turning, you look back
At a way that you will
Never tread on again.
Traveler, there is no path;
Only wakes in the sea.

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