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"I Dream a World" by Langston Hughes (en español)
In this poem, poet Langston Hughes shares various dreams he has for a different world. This resource is in Spanish.
Sueño con un mundo donde nadie
Desprecie a nadie,
Donde el amor bendiga la tierra
Y la paz adorne sus caminos
Sueño con un mundo donde todos
Conozcan la dulzura de la libertad,
Donde la codicia no debilite el alma
Ni la avaricia empañe nuestro día.
Sueño con un mundo donde los negros o blancos,
Sin importar la raza que sea,
Compartan la abundancia de la tierra
Donde todas las personas sean libres,
Donde la miseria baje la cabeza
Y la alegría, como una perla,
Atienda las necesidades de toda la humanidad.
¡Así es como sueño mi mundo!
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- 1Tomado de The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Reimpresión con autorización de Harold Ober Associates. Copyright 1951 de Langston Hughes Estate.
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