Hate Love

SAD WARS

Sad wars
if love is not the aim.
Sad, sad.

Sad weapons
if they are not words.
Sad, sad.

Sad men
if they did not die for love.
Sad, sad.

Miguel Hernández
English translation by Ted Genoways

Man Ray, A l’heure de l’observatoire, les amoureux (Observatory Time: The Lovers), 1934. Courtesy of Centre Pompidou, Paris.