Human Flower Project
Orrington, MAINE USA
Murrieta, CALIFORNIA USA
Princeton, MAINE USA
Monday, July 24, 2006
‘I Grow the White Rose’
From Jose Marti, Cuban poet and fighter for democracy, “the warrior who never took a life.”
Jose’ Marti and friend
Photo: Free Cuba Foundation
Cultivo Una Rosa Blanca
Cultivo una rosa blanca
En julio como en enero,
Para el amigo sincero
Que me da su mano franca.
Y para el cruel que me arranca
El corazon con que vivo,
Cardo ni ortiga cultivo,
Cultivo una rosa blanca.
Jose Marti (1853-1895)
I Grow the White Rose
I grow the white rose
In July as in January
For the sincere friend
Who gives me his frank hand
And for the cruel one who tears out
The heart with which I live.
Neither thorn nor thistle do I grow;
I grow the white rose.
Jose Marti (1853-1895)