POD: Antonio Machado

it's been forever since my last Poem/Poet of the Day (POD). here are a few lines by Antonio Machado, a Spanish poet (1875-1939). i "found" the first few lines in Helen Oyeyemi's novel, Boy, Snow, Bird, and looked up the rest; i think i've found my next tattoo. they were later incorporated into a song by Joan Manuel Serrat, a Spanish singer, in 1969, whose music is pretty sixties-fabulous. so you get a song too today- buy one, get one!

Caminante son tus huellas
El camino nada más;
caminante no hay camino
se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace camino
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante, no hay camino
sino estelas sobre el mar.

Traveller, the path is your tracks
And nothing more.
Traveller, there is no path
The path is made by walking.
By walking you make a path
And turning, you look back
At a way you will never tread again
Traveller, there is no road
Only wakes in the sea.