Rima LXXIX

by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
translated by H. Landman


My life is uncultivated land,
flower I touch stripped of petals;
in my fatal path
someone is sowing evil
for me to harvest.
Mi vida es un erial,
flor que toco se deshoja;
que en mi camino fatal
alguien va sembrando el mal
para que yo lo recoja.


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