“You grieve
Not that heaven does not exist but
That it exists without us”
W.S. Merwin (1927–2019) American poet
Source: The Second Four Books of Poems: The Moving Target / The Lice / The Carrier of Ladders / Writings to an Unfinished Accompaniment
“Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists.”
El hombre, cuando no se lamenta, casi no existe.
Voces (1943)
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Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
El hombre, cuando sabe que es una cosa cómica, no ríe.
Voces (1943)
