Yo Como Tu (I, like you) by -Roque Dalton (Translated M.L. Vega)

I, like you,

Love love, life, the sweet delight

of things, blue sceneries

in the days of January

Also, my blood swarms and I laugh through the eyesthat have recognized the outburst of tears.

I believe the world is beautiful,

that poetry is like bread, it belongs to everyone.

And that my veins don’t end inside me,

but in the unanimous blood of

those who fight for life,

love,

things,

landscapes and the bread;

Everyone’s poetry.