Juan Ramon Jimenez

I AM NOT I

by Juan Ramon Jimenez
(1881 – 1958)

English translation by
Robert Bly

Original language
Spanish

I am not I.
I am this one
walking beside me whom I do not see,
whom at times I manage to visit,
and whom at other times I forget;
the one who remains silent while I talk,
the one who forgives, sweet, when I hate,
the one who takes a walk when I am indoors,
the one who will remain standing when I die.