Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista , who later signed his poems simply as Nicolás Guillén was born in the province of Camagüey on 10 July 1902, the same year the Republic of Cuba begins life as an independent country so it can be said that the poet is born with his homeland, his fate and his singing are intimately linked in their struggles, anxieties, and hopes. Mulatto child of parents, young Guillén take birth-white miscegenation in his veins, that will be the synthesis of the Cuban and will at the same time, matter bonus song.
showed their commitment to the Cuban and American country with their blood brothers and all the disinherited of the world.
His work, of exceptional significance in the English-language literature has been translated into all languages \u200b\u200band has earned glowing reviews and studies by leading figures of contemporary literature.
Nicolás Guillén died in Havana 16 July 1989. groin You do not know
groin
With so you know, Bito Manue
with both groin, now
Desí not know ye. MERICAN you
The buccal,
and you will have I fled:
your groin was etrái Guan etrái
of guan guan and your tri. Bito
Manué, you do not know groin groin
you do not know, you do not know
groin.
namoro ma Do not ever. Bito
Manue groin
you do not know, you do not know
groin.
Nicolás Guillén ( Reasons are , 1930)
The Wall
To build this wall, bring me all hands
:
blacks, black hands, white
, her white hands.
:
blacks, black hands, white
, her white hands.
Oh,
a wall that goes from the beach to the mountains,
from the mountain to the beach, well beyond the horizon
.
a wall that goes from the beach to the mountains,
from the mountain to the beach, well beyond the horizon
.
- Tun, tun!
- Who is it?
-A rose and a carnation ...
- Open the wall!
- Tun, tun!
- Who is it?
"The sword of Colonel ...
- Close the wall!
- Tun, tun!
- Who is it?
"The dove and the bay ...
- Open the wall!
- Tun, tun!
- Who is?
"The scorpion and the centipede ...
- Close the wall!
- Who is it?
-A rose and a carnation ...
- Open the wall!
- Tun, tun!
- Who is it?
"The sword of Colonel ...
- Close the wall!
- Tun, tun!
- Who is it?
"The dove and the bay ...
- Open the wall!
- Tun, tun!
- Who is?
"The scorpion and the centipede ...
- Close the wall!
At the heart of a friend,
Open the wall;
the poison and the dagger,
Close the wall;
myrtle and mint,
Open the wall;
the serpent's tooth, closed
wall;
the nightingale the flower opens
the wall ...
Open the wall;
the poison and the dagger,
Close the wall;
myrtle and mint,
Open the wall;
the serpent's tooth, closed
wall;
the nightingale the flower opens
the wall ...
We raise a wall joining all hands
blacks, black hands, white
, her white hands.
A wall that goes from the beach to the mountains,
from the mountain to the beach, well, there
on the horizon ...
Periquiyo said: Joaquín Sabina makes his "special" tribute to Nicolas Guillen in his song "I ejaculated."
A little beyond the four-minute song, we hear some verses that speak of "You do not know groin."
I thought it appropriate to add Video: