Rima LXXXI

by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
translated by H. Landman


You say you have a heart, but you only
say that because you feel it pound;
that's not a heart... that's just a machine
which, moving in rhythm, makes sound.
Dices que tienes corazón, y solo
lo dices porque sientes sus latidos;
eso no es corazón... es una máquina
que al compás que se mueve hace ruido.


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