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100 Refutations: Day 35 | InTranslation (intranslation.brooklynrail.org)

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Unknown Incan poet.

Lina M. Ferreira C.-V. translated this poem from “La Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno,” which is a letter written by Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala to King Phillip III in an effort to describe the deplorable treatment of the indigenous people in the Americas by the Spaniards. The letter was lost in the journey, but found 300 years later in Denmark, in 1909.

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[–] testing@fedia.io 1 points 10 months ago

from the article:

“Song, song of grief…”

Song, song of grief. What evil enemy reigns, Who annihilates us, who subjugates? Not one alone reigns over all, yet overall alone we’ll die But let it not be permanent Our misfortune. On their own Our tears flow

Like the rain, the reign. Must it be like this?