I AM NOT I – Juan Ramone Jiminez

I am not I,

I am this one, standing beside me whom I do not see,

whom at times I manage to visit and at other times,

I forget.

The one who forgives sweet when I hate;

The one who stays indoors while I take a walk;

The one who remains silent while I talk.

I am not I,

I am this one,

The one who remains standing when I die.

I am not I, I am this One.

Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecónwas a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956 “for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity”. One of Jiménez’s most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of “pure poetry.”
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