Nicolás Guillén

To your health, Guevara!

Or better still, from the very depths of the Americas: Wait for us!

We will depart with you.

We want to die so as to live as you have died;

and live as you live on.

Che: Commander and friend.

That was the beautiful final stanza of a poem written by the National Poet.

Fidel Castro Ruz
June 16, 2012
3:05 p.m.
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Nicolás Guillén

¡Salud Guevara!

O mejor todavía desde el hondón americano:

Espéranos. Partiremos contigo. Queremos

morir para vivir como tú has muerto,

para vivir como tú vives,

Che Comandante, amigo.

Hermosos versos finales del Poeta Nacional.

Fidel Castro Ruz
Junio 16 de 2012
3 y 5 p.m.