#marx's poems

[espejomonastico]

Karl Marx: Armonía (Harmonie, 1836) A Jenny ¿Conoces la suave imagen encantada en que las almas confluyen en un melódico, tierno y dulce suspiro? Encandecen como rosas púrpuras, que tímidas se ocultan entre el musgo húmedo. Esa imagen encantada vaga por prados y campos que jamás hallarás, que talismán alguno atará y que ningún sol ha descubierto. No ha brotado de brillo alguno ni gozado de las bondades de la tierra. Relucirá eternamente aunque el tiempo bata sus veloces alas, aunque Apolo fustigue sus corceles, y aunque los mundos se desdibujen, silenciosos, en la nada. Ha creado en ella una fuerza que ningún mundo ni Dios doblegará. Semejante al sonido de las cítaras, tocadas como una eterna lira, en constante refulgir, en perenne fuego, en las alturas, en añorante ímpetu. ¡Oíd las cuerdas que en ti resuenan! Sin desvío vagarán tus pasos.

Hoy, 5 de mayo, es el natalicio de Karl Marx, el maestro de la filosofía contemporánea y teórico del materialismo histórico. Además de su contribución a la política y al análisis social, fue, en mi humilde opinión, un desastroso poeta. Hace unos años traduje este poema que dedicó, al igual que muchos otros, a Jenny von Westphalen. Esta vez traigo una versión algo mejorada.

¡Proletarios del mundo, uníos! (Y escribamos mejor, ojalá).

[thoughtkick]

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy. Today I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

[quotefeeling]

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy. Today I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

[perfectfeelings]

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy. Today I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

[thehopefulquotes]

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Karl Marx

[surqrised]

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy. Today I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

[thespilledquotes]

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy. Today I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

[resqectable]

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy. Today I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

[stay-close]

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy. Today I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

[nightlyquotes]

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy. Today I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

[perfeqt]

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy. Today I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

[thoughtkick]

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Karl Marx

[quotefeeling]

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Karl Marx

[perfectfeelings]

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy. Today I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

[thehopefulquotes]

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy. Today I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

[surqrised]

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

Karl Marx