Pearl of the Sea! Star of the West! <br />Beautiful Cuba! Your brilliant sky <br />Is covered by Night's opaque veil, <br />As my brow is by the pain enveloping it. <br /> <br />I am leaving! The diligent seamen <br />The sails have raised that soon will tear me <br />From my native land; and as they unfurl <br />The winds of the Torrid Zone wait on them. <br /> <br />Farewell, my happy country, beloved Eden! <br />Where'er the Fates in their fury shall cast me, <br />Your sweet name shall be like flattery in my ear. <br /> <br />Farewell! ... The swollen sails are rustling, <br />The anchor is raised ... the ship, convulsed, <br />Ploughs the waves, flying silently.<br /><br />Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-parting-2/
