FIDEL CASTRO
tula ni Jan Oskar Hansen
salin ni Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.
Kaya kilala mo pala si Fidel Castro? Sa tingin ko'y gayon din
na iyon ang pangalan ng batang tagalinis, yaong
naglilinis ng maruruming pinggan at naglalampaso ng sahig
tinatawag siyang "Fy" na mas matanda kaysa akin at may
mas magandang edukasyon, at ako, na kanyang amo ay dama
ang kanyang pagsuway sa mga atas ng isang opisyal ng
uring manggagawa, ay nag-ugat. Subalit batid ko tulad
ng alam ng nakapagbabasa, ang malinggit na tao'y isang lingkod
ng mga mayayaman, kailangan nila ng sinumang nakapag-aral
kung anong kanilang gagawin; sa Venezuela, lumipat si Fidel
sa bapor na kanyang nakita at kumuha kami ng isa pang
batang tagalinis na hindi marunong magbasa o magsulat
pagkat ang sahod na matatanggap niya'y makatutulong
sa kanyang pamilya. Isang kasagwilang wala akong
makatalong sinuman
FIDEL CASTRO
A poem by Jan Oskar Hansen
So you do know Fidel Castro? I think I do
that was the name of the mess boy, the one who
had to do the dirty dishes and clean floors
“Fy” as he was called was older than me and had
a much better education, and I, as his boss felt his
contempt being told what to do by an officer of
working class, roots. But I knew as everybody who
read knows, the little man is but a servant for
the rich, they need someone educated to tell them
what to do; In Venezuela, Fidel jumped ship he was
not missed and we got another mess-boy
who could not read or write because the wage he got
could support his family. The downside was I had
no one to argue with
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