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-----He pecado contra mi hermano asno.
--------------------------- Francisco de Asís
Hermano Francisco,
muchos te han de haber visto
como un simple
hablando con los pájaros,
haciendo amigos con el lobo,
compadeciendo al conejo y al pez.
De tales bobos hacemos gloria
----------en la Tierra.
Ahora tonto es el que no vea
nuestra hermandad
con los otros animales
-----con los árboles y las hierbas
----------con las piedras y guijas.
Sólo reconociendo esto nos salvamos
-------no digo el alma
-----------mas nuestro querido asno.
-------------------------------© Rafael Jesús González 2025
---------Brother Francis
-----I have sinned against my brother ass.
--------------------------- Francis of Assisi
Brother Francis,
many must have seen you
as a simpleton
talking to the birds,
befriending the wolf,
pitying the rabbit and the fish.
Of such fools do we make glory
----------on the Earth.
Now fool is he who does not see
our brotherhood
with the other animals,
------with the trees and grasses,
------------with the rocks and pebbles.
Only by knowing this will we save
-------I do not say our soul
-------------but our dear ass.
-------------------------- © Rafael Jesús González 2025
If you have men who
will exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion and pity,
you will have men who will deal
from the shelter of compassion and pity,
you will have men who will deal
likewise with their fellow men.
― St. Francis of Assisi
― St. Francis of Assisi
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