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Where does the laughter wander that decorated life/when your heart gathered my sadnesses?

— Julia de Burgos Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)

¿Dónde rueda la risa que adornaba mi vida/cuando tu corazón recogía mis tristezas?

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