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What is it to be human?

This stanza from Waldo Williams' poem, What is it to be human? spoke to me earlier today:

What is it to sing? To receive breath
From the genius of creation.
What's work but humming a song
From wood and wheat.

This translation from the Welsh by Menna Elfyn was in Poetry magazine in April 2008.

Posted by peninkriver on June 17, 2008 07:08 PM |

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