How much does a man live , after all ?
Does he live a thousand days, or one only?
For a week, or for several centuries?
How long does a man spend dying?
What does it mean to say "for ever"?
Lost in this preoccupation,
I set myself to clear things up.
I sought out knowledgeable priests,
I waited for them after their rituals,
I watched them when they went there ways
to visit God and Devil.
They wearied of my Questions.
They on their part knew very little.
They were no more than administrators.
- PABLO NERUDA..
Does he live a thousand days, or one only?
For a week, or for several centuries?
How long does a man spend dying?
What does it mean to say "for ever"?
Lost in this preoccupation,
I set myself to clear things up.
I sought out knowledgeable priests,
I waited for them after their rituals,
I watched them when they went there ways
to visit God and Devil.
They wearied of my Questions.
They on their part knew very little.
They were no more than administrators.
- PABLO NERUDA..
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