Once I reveled in a destiny
like no other joy I'd known:
when the warden — reading
my death sentence — wept.


I (Yo soy un hombre sincero) as translated by Esther Allen in José Martí : Selected Writings (2002), p. 273 - Simple Verses (1891)

José Martí Quotes

Once I reveled in a destiny like no other joy I'd known: when the warden — reading my death sentence — wept.

Once I reveled in a destiny like no other joy I'd known: when the warden — reading my death sentence — wept.

Once I reveled in a destiny like no other joy I'd known: when the warden — reading my death sentence — wept.

Once I reveled in a destiny like no other joy I'd known: when the warden — reading my death sentence — wept.