ANTONIO MACHADO
BIOGRAPHY
Antonio Machado Ruiz (July
26, 1875/ February 22, 1939)
was a Spanish poet,
representative of the
Generation of 98.
His initial work evolved into a
symbolist intimacy with
romantic traits, which
matured into a poetry of
human compromise, on the
one hand, and almost Taoist
contemplation of existence, on
the other.
He died in exile in the agony
of the Second Spanish
Republic
POETRY
Wayfarer, the only way
Is your footprints and no other.
Wayfarer, there is no way.
Make your way by going
farther.
By going farther, make your
way
Till looking back at where
you've wandered,
You look back on that path you
may
Not set foot on from now
onward.
Wayfarer, there is no way;
Only trails of wake on water