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100 Refutations: Day 62 | InTranslation (intranslation.brooklynrail.org)

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Manuel Gonzáles Prada (1844-1918) was an influential figure in Peruvian culture and politics during his lifetime. His essays were known for being full of irony and humor, and his innovative poetry has been described as a precursor to Modernism. In addition to his writing and political careers, Prada spent several years working as the Director of the National Library of Peru.

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[–] testing@fedia.io 1 points 8 months ago

from the article:

To Live and Die

Smoke and nothingness, the breath of being: Flower, man, and bird die too as love runs to forgetful seas and pleasure flees to a burial of brevity.

Where are yesterday’s lights? All splendors have their dusk, behind liquor hides all bitterness, and everything is rectified by the evil of being born.

Who laughed without first, in pain, moaning pleasure, sweet suffering? Crazy and vain, the passion of feeling!

Vain and crazy, I long for thought! What is it to live? To dream without sleeping. What is it to die? To sleep without dreaming.