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(Nota de Borges en La moneda de hierro)
Ein Traum
The three of them knew it.
She was Kafka's mistress.
Kafka had dreamt her.
The three of them knew it.
He was Kafka's friend.
Kafka had dreamt him.
The three of them knew it.
The woman said to the friend,
Tonight I want you to have me.
The three of them knew it.
The man replied: If we sin,
Kafka will stop dreaming us.
One of them knew it.
There was no longer anyone on earth.
Kafka said to himself
Now the two of them have gone, I'm left alone.
I'll stop dreaming myself.
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Young monks stand at their school inside Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh, India: photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters, 5 January 2017
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Young monks stand at their school inside Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh, India: photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters, 5 January 2017
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Schoolchildren attend a yoga session at a camp in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 5 January 2017
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Schoolchildren attend a yoga session at a camp in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 5 January 2017
![A Chinese man wearing a protection mask takes a selfie against a portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing as the capital of China is blanketed by heavy smog on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. China has long faced some of the worst air pollution in the world, blamed on its reliance of coal for energy and factory production, as well as a surplus of older, less efficient cars on its roads. Inadequate controls on industry and lax enforcement of standards have worsened the pollution problem. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)]()
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Passengers on a London bus cross a bridge at dusk in London: photo by Toby Melville/Reuters, 5 January 2017
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Passengers on a London bus cross a bridge at dusk in London: photo by Toby Melville/Reuters, 5 January 2017
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Indian military personnel prepare to march as they rehearse for the forthcoming Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi. India will celebrate its 68th Republic Day on 26 January with a large military parade.: photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP, 4 January 2017
Indian military personnel prepare to march as they rehearse for the forthcoming Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi. India will celebrate its 68th Republic Day on 26 January with a large military parade.: photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP, 4 January 2017
Jorge Luis Borges: Ein traum
Lo sabían los tres.
Ella era la compañera de Kafka.
Kafka lo había soñado.
Lo sabían los tres.
Él era el amigo de Kafka.
Kafka lo había soñado.
Lo sabían los tres.
La mujer le dijo al amigo:
Quiero que esta noche me quieras.
Lo sabían los tres.
El hombre contestó: Si pecamos,
Kafka dejará de soñarnos.
Uno lo supo.
No había nadie más en la tierra.
Kafka se dijo:
Ahora que se fueron los dos, he quedado solo.
Dejaré de soñarme.
Lo sabían los tres.
Ella era la compañera de Kafka.
Kafka lo había soñado.
Lo sabían los tres.
Él era el amigo de Kafka.
Kafka lo había soñado.
Lo sabían los tres.
La mujer le dijo al amigo:
Quiero que esta noche me quieras.
Lo sabían los tres.
El hombre contestó: Si pecamos,
Kafka dejará de soñarnos.
Uno lo supo.
No había nadie más en la tierra.
Kafka se dijo:
Ahora que se fueron los dos, he quedado solo.
Dejaré de soñarme.
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986): Ein traum, from La moneda de hierro (1975); English version by Robert Mezey and Richard Barnes
Ciertas páginas de este libro fueron dones de sueños. Una, Ein Traum, me fue dictada una mañana en East Lansing, sin que yo la entendiera
y sin que me inquietara sensiblemente; pude transcribirla después, palabra por palabra. Se trata, claro está, de una mera curiosidad
psicológica o, si el lector es muy generoso, de una inofensiva parábola del solipsismo.
y sin que me inquietara sensiblemente; pude transcribirla después, palabra por palabra. Se trata, claro está, de una mera curiosidad
psicológica o, si el lector es muy generoso, de una inofensiva parábola del solipsismo.
(Nota de Borges en La moneda de hierro)
Ein Traum
The three of them knew it.
She was Kafka's mistress.
Kafka had dreamt her.
The three of them knew it.
He was Kafka's friend.
Kafka had dreamt him.
The three of them knew it.
The woman said to the friend,
Tonight I want you to have me.
The three of them knew it.
The man replied: If we sin,
Kafka will stop dreaming us.
One of them knew it.
There was no longer anyone on earth.
Kafka said to himself
Now the two of them have gone, I'm left alone.
I'll stop dreaming myself.
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986): Ein traum, from La moneda de hierro (1975); English version by Robert Mezey and Ricxhard Barnes
Young monks stand at their school inside Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh, India: photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters, 5 January 2017
Young monks stand at their school inside Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh, India: photo by Cathal McNaughton/Reuters, 5 January 2017
Schoolchildren attend a yoga session at a camp in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 5 January 2017
Schoolchildren attend a yoga session at a camp in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 5 January 2017
Andy Wong/AP
A Chinese man wearing a protection mask takes a selfie against a portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing as the capital of China is blanketed by heavy smog: photo by Andy Wong/AP, 4 January 2017
A Chinese man wearing a protection mask takes a selfie against a portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing as the capital of China is blanketed by heavy smog: photo by Andy Wong/AP, 4 January 2017
Passengers on a London bus cross a bridge at dusk in London: photo by Toby Melville/Reuters, 5 January 2017
Passengers on a London bus cross a bridge at dusk in London: photo by Toby Melville/Reuters, 5 January 2017
The sun rises behind a fishing boat on the beach in Dungeness, Kent: photo by Gareth Fuller/PA, 5 January 2017
The sun rises behind a fishing boat on the beach in Dungeness, Kent: photo by Gareth Fuller/PA, 5 January 2017
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IRAQ - A Kashmiri youth clears snow off the top of a mud house on the outskirts of Srinagar. By @Tauseef MUSTAFA #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
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AFGHANISTAN - An #Afghan vendor sells candy floss as he walks on the streets of #Kabul #AFP: image via shahmarai @shahmarai, 4 January 2017
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THAILAND - A girl stands on a mailbox stand outside her house as floodwaters rise in Rantau Panjang. By @rasfan #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
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China - Cars are seen on an elevated road flanked by high rise buildings during rainfall in Shanghai. #AFP Photo by @johaynz: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2017
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VIETNAM - Men work at metal houseware shops on Lo Ren street in downtown Hanoi. By Hoang Dinh Nam #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
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Libya - Illegal immigrants stand next to a body after their boat washed ashore in the Andalus district, Tripoli yesterday. #AFP: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2016
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Libya - An Illegal immigrant eats next to a body after a boat washed ashore in the Andalus district, Tripoli yesterday. #AFP: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2016
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Libya - A body is seen after a boat carrying Illegal immigrants washed ashore in the Andalus district, Tripoli yesterday. #AFP: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2016
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Libya - Illegal immigrants stand next to a body after their boat washed ashore in the Andalus district, Tripoli yesterday. #AFP: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2016
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IRAQ - Daily life on the western edge of Al-Intisar neighbourhood in southeastern Mosul. By @dilkoff #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
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IRAQ - Daily life on the western edge of Al-Intisar neighbourhood in southeastern Mosul. By @dilkoff #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
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IRAQ - Daily life on the western edge of Al-Intisar neighbourhood in southeastern Mosul. By @dilkoff #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
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INDIA - Buddhists pray at Mahabodhi temple where Buddha is said to have attained the enlightenment during Kalachakra event. By @Dibyangshus: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
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Pakistan - Indian fishermen hold up Pakistani currency at the railway station in Karachi after their release from prison #AFP by Asif Hassan: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2017
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Mexico - Demonstrators protest the rise in fuel prices in Guadalajara. #AFP Photo by @mexhector: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2017
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![LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 05: An Egyptian child's mummy mask from 305-30BC is held up at the Mayfair Antiques and Fine Art Fair on January 5, 2017 in London, England. Running from January 5 to Sunday 8, the fair sees over forty exhibitors with pieces ranging from 1300BC to the present day available for sale. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)]()
![LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 05: An Egyptian child's mummy mask from 305-30BC is held up at the Mayfair Antiques and Fine Art Fair on January 5, 2017 in London, England. Running from January 5 to Sunday 8, the fair sees over forty exhibitors with pieces ranging from 1300BC to the present day available for sale. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)]()
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#Syria A man rides a motorbike past a cemetery in the rebel-held town of Douma #Damascus on January 3. #AFP Photo by @AbdDoumany: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 4 January 2017 ![]()
Eerie pictures of Russian forces passing through ruins of East Aleppo: image via Tobias Schneider @tobiasschneider, 2 January 2017
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Eerie pictures of Russian forces passing through ruins of East Aleppo: image via Tobias Schneider @tobiasschneider, 2 January 2017
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Eerie pictures of Russian forces passing through ruins of East Aleppo: image via Tobias Schneider @tobiasschneider, 2 January 2017
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Eerie pictures of Russian forces passing through ruins of East Aleppo: image via Tobias Schneider @tobiasschneider, 2 January 2017
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SYRIA - Syrians gather at the site of a car bomb explosion in Syria's coastal city of Jablah, a bastion of the regime. By @AFPphoto #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
Passing through the ruins (a series of dreams)
IRAQ - A Kashmiri youth clears snow off the top of a mud house on the outskirts of Srinagar. By @Tauseef MUSTAFA #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
AFGHANISTAN - An #Afghan vendor sells candy floss as he walks on the streets of #Kabul #AFP: image via shahmarai @shahmarai, 4 January 2017
THAILAND - A girl stands on a mailbox stand outside her house as floodwaters rise in Rantau Panjang. By @rasfan #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
China - Cars are seen on an elevated road flanked by high rise buildings during rainfall in Shanghai. #AFP Photo by @johaynz: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2017
VIETNAM - Men work at metal houseware shops on Lo Ren street in downtown Hanoi. By Hoang Dinh Nam #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
En Libye, les milices font la loi avec les armes, et l'information via les #reseauxsociaux #AFP #Libya: image via Making-of AFP @AFPMakingof, 5 January 2017
Les forces loyales au gouvernement d'union nationale (GNA) lors de combats à Syrte, dans l'est, contre des membres du groupe de l'Etat islamique, le 21 novembre 2016: photo by Mahmud Turkia/AFP, 21 November 2016
Des corps de migrants rejetés par la mer, près de Tripoli le 6 octobre 2016, après le chavirage de leur embarcation au large: photo by Mahmud Turkia/AFP, 6 October 2016
Libya - Illegal immigrants stand next to a body after their boat washed ashore in the Andalus district, Tripoli yesterday. #AFP: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2016
Libya - An Illegal immigrant eats next to a body after a boat washed ashore in the Andalus district, Tripoli yesterday. #AFP: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2016
Libya - A body is seen after a boat carrying Illegal immigrants washed ashore in the Andalus district, Tripoli yesterday. #AFP: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2016
Libya - Illegal immigrants stand next to a body after their boat washed ashore in the Andalus district, Tripoli yesterday. #AFP: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2016
IRAQ - Daily life on the western edge of Al-Intisar neighbourhood in southeastern Mosul. By @dilkoff #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
IRAQ - Daily life on the western edge of Al-Intisar neighbourhood in southeastern Mosul. By @dilkoff #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
IRAQ - Daily life on the western edge of Al-Intisar neighbourhood in southeastern Mosul. By @dilkoff #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
IRAQ - Daily life on the western edge of Al-Intisar neighbourhood in southeastern Mosul. By @dilkoff #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
A member of the Iraqi Rapid Response Division plays a small guitar near the frontline in Mosul. Jan 4, 2017 @AFPphoto / AhmadMousaQ: image via Ahmad Moussa @AhmadMoussaQ, 5 January 2017
Civilians walk past Iraqi forces as they flee Mosul's southeastern Al–Mithaq neighbourhood on Jan 3, 2017 @AFPphoto / AhmadMousaQ: image via Ahmad Moussa @AhmadMoussaQ, 4 January 2017
INDIA - Buddhists pray at Mahabodhi temple where Buddha is said to have attained the enlightenment during Kalachakra event. By @Dibyangshus: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
Pakistan - Indian fishermen hold up Pakistani currency at the railway station in Karachi after their release from prison #AFP by Asif Hassan: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2017
Pakistan - Indian fishermen hold up Pakistani currency at the railway station in Karachi after their release from prison #AFP by Asif Hassan: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2017
Mexico - Demonstrators protest the rise in fuel prices in Guadalajara. #AFP Photo by @mexhector: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 5 January 2017
GAZA CITY - Palestinian children play on a street during a power cut in the Al-Shati refugee camp. By @MahmudHams #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
GAZA STRIP - Children play next to bodies of mummified animals that died from hunger during 50-day war at the zoo in Rafah. By @saidkhatib: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017
An Egyptian child’s mummy mask from 305-30BC is held up at the Mayfair Antiques and Fine Art Fair today in London, England: photo by Leon Neal/AFP, 5 January 2017
An Egyptian child’s mummy mask from 305-30BC is held up at the Mayfair Antiques and Fine Art Fair today in London, England: photo by Leon Nea/AFPl, 5 January 2017
#Syria A man rides a motorbike past a cemetery in the rebel-held town of Douma #Damascus on January 3. #AFP Photo by @AbdDoumany: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 4 January 2017
Eerie pictures of Russian forces passing through ruins of East Aleppo: image via Tobias Schneider @tobiasschneider, 2 January 2017
Eerie pictures of Russian forces passing through ruins of East Aleppo: image via Tobias Schneider @tobiasschneider, 2 January 2017
Eerie pictures of Russian forces passing through ruins of East Aleppo: image via Tobias Schneider @tobiasschneider, 2 January 2017
Eerie pictures of Russian forces passing through ruins of East Aleppo: image via Tobias Schneider @tobiasschneider, 2 January 2017
SYRIA - Syrians gather at the site of a car bomb explosion in Syria's coastal city of Jablah, a bastion of the regime. By @AFPphoto #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 5 January 2017