JUAN RAMON JIMENEZ
"I AM NOT I"

(translated from spanish 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.
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