La copa de amatista
Ni tez de nácar, ni cabellos de oro
veréis ornar de galas mi figura;
ni la luz del zafir , celeste y pura,
veréis que en mis pupilas atesoro.
Con piel tostada de atezado moro ;
con ojos negros de fatal negrura,
del Ancón a la falda verde oscura
nací frente al Pacífico sonoro.
Soy un hijo del Mar…. Porque en mi alma
hay,--como sobre el mar,-- noches de calma,
indefinibles cóleras sin nombre
y un afán de luchar conmigo mismo ,
cuando en penas recónditas me abismo
pienso que soy un mar trocado en hombre!
1915.
Books by Gaspar Octavio Hernández in ALAWiT
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ALAWiT is a resource for readers, writers, publishers, students and teachers interested in Afro-American and Latin American culture in general, and Afro-Latin American culture in particular. It gathers book covers, excerpts, bibliographic clues and digital downloads of works by black Latin American authors in original language and in translation.
The collection is developed to promote Afro-Latin American Writers in Translation: a series of critial editions of celebrated works in translation coordinated by professor Mark A. Sanders and aimed to advance research and academic reflection on the Black presence in Latin America and its influence across the Americas.
