Dichoso el árbol, que es apenas sensitivo, y más la piedra … - Rubén Darío

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Dichoso el árbol, que es apenas sensitivo, y más la piedra dura porque esa ya no siente, pues no hay dolor más grande que el dolor de ser vivo, ni mayor pesadumbre que la vida consciente.

Rubén Darío

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About Rubén Darío

Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916) was a Nicaraguan poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Rubén Darío.

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Pen Names: El Príncipe de las Letras Castellanas • El Padre del Modernismo

Alternative Names: Félix Rubén García Sarmiento • Ruben Dario • Felix Ruben Garcia Sarniento • Dario

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Blessed is the almost insensitive tree,
more blessed is the hard stone that doesn't feel,
for no pain is greater than the pain of being alive,
and no sorrow more intense than conscious life.

The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient;
the hard rock is happier still, it feels nothing:
there is no pain as great as being alive,
no burden heavier than that of conscious life.

I seek a form that my style cannot discover,
a bud of thought that wants to be a rose.

Dichoso el árbol, que es apenas sensitivo, y más la piedra dura porque esa ya no siente, pues no hay dolor más grande que el dolor de ser vivo, ni ma… - Rubén Darío

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