Friday, February 14, 2014

I Am Not I Poem by Juan Ramon Jimenez

“I Am Not I”

BY JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ
TRANSLATED BY ROBERT BLY
I am not I.
                   I am this one
walking beside me whom I do not see,
whom at times I manage to visit,
and whom at other times I forget;
who remains calm and silent while I talk,
and forgives, gently, when I hate,
who walks where I am not,
who will remain standing when I die.

2 comments:

  1. Love this Denise.. I am going to put this on my wall.. a lovely reminder to be more soul than ego :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thank you so much! After reading this the other day I really thought others may enjoy it :)

    ReplyDelete