José Martí: Frases en inglés (página 4)
José Martí era escritor y político cubano, precursor de la independencia de su país. Frases en inglés.“Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.”
As quoted in Inside the Monster : Writings on the United States and American Imperialism (1975) by José Martí, as translated by Elinor Randall, p. 27
Our America (1881)
Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)
“Liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.”
Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)
“The vote is the most effective and merciful instrument that man has devised to manage his affairs.”
Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)
Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)
"Adúltera" [Adulterous Thoughts] (1883)
Yo soy un hombre sincero
De donde crece la palma
Y antes de morirme quiero
Echar mis versos del alma.
I (Yo soy un hombre sincero) as translated by Esther Allen in José Martí : Selected Writings (2002), p. 273, ISBN 0142437042
Variant translations:
A sincere man am I
From the land where palm trees grow,
And I want before I die
My soul's verses to bestow.
"A Sincere Man Am I" http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/46409-Jose-Marti-A-Sincere-Man-Am-I---Verse-I-, as translated by Manuel A. Tellechea, in Versos Sencillos: Simple Verses (1997) ISBN 1558852042
I am a sincere man
from where the palm tree grows,
and before I die I wish
to pour forth the verses from my soul.
Simple Verses (1891)
Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)
"The Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico" (1893)
"The Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico" (1893)
“Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.”
Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)