T P O

T   P   O
The Patient Ox (aka Hénock Gugsa)

G r e e t i n g s !

** TPO **
A personal blog with diverse topicality and multiple interests!


On the menu ... politics, music, poetry, and other good stuff.
There is humor, but there is blunt seriousness here as well!


Parfois, on parle français ici aussi. Je suis un francophile .... Bienvenue à tous!

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Solitude - by Alexander Pope



 
Alexander Pope
Solitude
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by
 Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground.

Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire;
Whose trees in summer yield shade,
In winter, fire.

Blest, who can unconcern'dly find
Hours, days, and years, slide soft away
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day.

Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mixed; sweet recreation,
And innocence, which most does please
With meditation.

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.


Wednesday, July 17, 2013

"Guantanamera" - by Los Sabandeños


"Guantanamera"
 by  
Los Sabandeños
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Guantanamera
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[Manuel Mena]
Con los pobres de la tierra
quiero yo mi suerte echar
El arroyo de la sierra
me complace más que el mar
Denle al vano el oro tierno
que arde y brilla en el crisol
A mí  denme el bosque eterno
cuando rompe en él sol.


[Jose Manuel Ramos]
Yo quiero salir del mundo
por la puerta natural
En un carro de hojas verdes
a morir me han de llevar
No me pongan en lo oscuro
a morir como un traidor
Yo soy bueno, y como bueno
moriré de cara al sol.

[Todos]
Tiene el leopardo un abrigo
en su monte seco y pardo
Tiene el leopardo un abrigo
en su monte seco y pardo
Yo tengo  más  que el leopardo
porque tengo un buen amigo.