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COMPLETE WORKS and REFERENCES - VICENTE AMEZAGA ARESTI
Poems in Basque - Volume – 7 -Page 1

Content Volume – Poems in Basque - Volume – 7
Index
Chapter 1 - Vicente Amezaga - Poems........................................... ......... 3
Chapter 2 - Vicente Amezaga - Lecture Series.................................. 139
Chapter 3 - Vicente Amezaga - Lectures on Basque Culture..................... 142
Chapter 4 - Vicente Amezaga – Basque Studies Congress................................... 146
Chapter 5 - Vicente Amezaga - Caracas Cuatricentennial Commission..................... 149
Chapter 6 - Vicente Amezaga-Uruguay Basque Week 1943............................. 153
General index of the 9 Volumes of this Work..................................... 173

Poetry in Basque
Vicente Amezaga Aresti
Chapter 1.
Editorial Print Editions Xabier Iñaki Amezaga Iribarren
2013

VICENTE AMEZAGA ARESTI - POETRIES -
Chronological Index
* Period 1919-1936
or Intziriak
or Euskaldun barriaren bestia or
Berez
or Ez dago!
o Abertzalearen ituna o
Neure aberria o
Ene Urtzi! o
Ituna o
Udabarri goiza o
Eleizalde hil da o
Koskotegian o
Lorarik onena o
Paultxoren irribarrea o
Euskera zeruan o
Euskerari o
Otoia o
Itsaso aurrean o
Guztiz garbiari o
Artzubiko lertegiari o
Tibalt erregerena o
Biziaren alegia
* Period 1937-1968
or Hizkuntzaren Deia
or Lagun ieri or
Mirentxuren Mahai-Zkena or
Aita Jaunaren Zahartzaroa or
Herrimina or
Begojaren Jaiotzean or
Amerikarako Bidean or
Emakume Euskal-Ikasleren ETS
or lurmina or Mona Lisa
or Euskal poetak or Axular

o Urrundik
o Getxori
o Getxoko basetxe zaharrentzako kantua o
Musu bat o
Ene maitea o
Askatasun o
Arrabita soinu o
Getxo
* Period 1939-1965
o Athalie
o Bihotza jauzten jat o
Ontziburu!, nire ontziburu! o
Aholku onaren ballad o
Agur o
Zuhaitzak o
Artzain maiteminduak bere maiteari o
Bakartasuna o
Zurekin hizketan o
Finojosako neska behizaina o
V. hamalaukoa o
Andere bati o
Bihar o
Loreei o
Hamleten neurtitzak Ofeleri o
Ofeleren kantuak o
Hobigilearen kantua o
Maitagarrien kantua o L
XVI. hamalaukoa or
Reading Bahitegiko Leloa or
Errusiako mintzoa

abertzalearen ituna
«Gaztetasunak banerabila» lez abesten da.
Alaitasuna sartu ezin da neronen bihotz alegian.
Dakust Amea erbestepean, dakust arrotza nagusia.
I heard! Aberri jopuaren semea naiz!
Dakust aberria, gizon birao-esale erdaldunez josia.
Ez dulerdan ele batez daie. Ezin-ezin dot ein euskeraz.
I heard! Ezin-ezin ein neronen eleaz!
Geure lurrak sortutako Haritza guztiz ihartuta dago.
Aske-herria joputu da ta ez du indarrik Berai eusteko.
I heard! Lehenagoko euskotarrak non dagoz!
Haizean hegaztiak, uran arrainak baizen askeak ginenak,
Laterri zinge-ustelaren jopu gaixoak baino orain ez gara.
I heard! Laterri zinge-ustelaren jopuak!
Umetan erdal ikastoletan, mutiletan gudaletxetan,
Eusko gaixoak erbestepean daroazan oinazeak!
I heard! Jopuaren bizitza den iluna!
Lehenagoko Aitor-alabak, antzinako eusko-seme hutsak,
Arrotzekin ezkontzen would say, dasale Ama-odola bera.
I heard! Geu-sengeak arrotzen ezkonak!
Haiz, heu-seme batzuk ezetsia, beste batzuk ez ezautua.

Haiz, itsu-zoro-herri beat love gaixoa, Neu-Aberria!
I heard! Heure zoritxarra dokan handia!
Aberria aske ikusi zeben, zuek mendiok, zuek ibaiok.
Zergatik ez zamiltz? Zergatik ez dozue soiltzen enda-lurra?
I heard! Zetako bizi jopuak garela!
1920

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Agur
GOOD BYE
Agur, mundu harro hori!, banoa etxera;
nire adiskide ez zara, nire ez naiz zurea.
Luzaro zure talde nekatu artean
ibili naiz; ontzi bat itsaso gazian,
bitsa lez egotzia izan naiz luzaro;
baina, oin, etxera noa, agur, mundu harro!
Agur, Koipekerian aurpegi leunari;
Handitasuna, keinu jakintsudunari;
Aberats-berriaren betarte gaitzari;
Bizibide makurrei, nahiz txiki nahiz handi;
gela lagunez bete, errege-etxe, kale;
izoztutako bihotz ta oin laster-zale;
badoazenei eta datozen guztiai;
agur, mundu harro hori!, etxera noa, bai.
Banoa ni neronen subazter gozora,
muru berdeen altzoan bakarrik dagona,
Lurralde Gozatsuan Bazter Isilpea,
maitagarrien lana da hango zuhaiztia;
bertan egun osoan uztai orlegiak
berriztuten dituzte zozoaren kantak,
ta inoiz lagunabarrak oinazpitu ez dau

Urtzi ta gogoari eskaini-leku hau.
Oi, nire basetxean nagonean gaizka,
ezesten dut Erroman harropuzkeria;
Ta Pinupean Luze - Luze Nagoela
artizar ederrari isilik begira,
gizonen jakituri ta handi-usteari
ta ikastun-batz guztiei eiten dautsuet irri;
zer dira, bada, harro horrek euren huskerian,
gizona batu ahal bada Jainkoaz basoan?
1941

Geoffrey Chaucer
Aholku onaren ballad
TRUTH: BALLADE OF BON CONSEYL
Gizartetik itzuri ta izan egizale;
zure ogasunaz poztu, txiki bada ere;
diruk gorroto dakar, zoraldi igotzeak;
lagunek bekaitz dabe, ta ondore onak
itsutzen dauz guztiak. Ez nahi izan gehiago
dagokiona zure zatiari baino.
Besteei ituntzeko argi zure buru landu,
ta ez da beldur, Egiak askatuko zaitu!
Oker denak zuzentzen ez hartu nekerik,
Zoriaren txirringan ez jarri usterik:
bake handi aurkitzen da zeregin txikian;
ta gudak ez dau eiten ezten zorrotzean
I bathed. Ez lehiatu, lurrezko ontzi hori,
harresia azpiratzen. Zure burua hezi,
ta besteek dautsue adituko gertu;
Jaungoikoak bidaltzen dautsuna hartu pozik;
jauspena iragarten dau mundu honengatik
burrukatzeak. Hemen ez da etxerik, ez da
hemen lekaro baino; bidaztia, aurrera!...

Gorantz, abere hori, zure ukuilua utzi!
Ezautu zure herria, eskertu Jaunari;
gogoa aurre duzula, goiko bidea hartu;

AMAIKIA
Beraz, abere gaixo, zure eztasuna utzi;
mundu huts hau ez gaur-gero ukuilutzat euki.
Errukia maite du Bere ahalmen hutsez
ezereztik irazan zaitunak; baina ez
jopu bat izateko. Zure aldez, eta
bizi handiago bat ta zeruko poza
nahi daben denen alde, askerik eskatu;
1941
Aita jaunaren zahartzaroa
udan bero larrietan
neguan hotzak kikilik,
soina berotu ezinean
urteek oinak loturik.
ule zuria buruan
txapelagaz estaldurik,
zuti-gura ta ezinean
ez dula bigun hezurrik.
Nagusi buru etxaldean
beti gazte izan nahirik,
amandre ez den artean
gezurrak egi jarririk.

Pipia du ezpainetan
haize ta kea jaurtirik,
ilobak will say aurrean
gora begira isilik.
goiz erdi inguruan
denok gara elkarturik,
amandreak emandako
oilo saldia harturik.
Ez zuen inoiz gaztetan
zahar izateko asmorik,
orain dago ametsetan
bere urteak ahazturik.
Paris, 1939

Amerikarako bidean
Itsasoaren zabala,
uhinaren ondoren uhina!
Beren gainean, ontzi batean
eusko talde bat iheska.
Itsasusoak laguntzat,
itxaropena gidari,
Herri-ametsa gogo barnean,
bidea dagigu beti.
Bakean bizi ginian,
inorenik nahi ez gendun,
norberen herri-maitetasuna
hoben bada, gu hobendun.
Gorrotoaren lan tzarra!,
Gorriz Jantzi Zen Euzkadi.
Balbeak sega zuen milaka,
milaka berriz ihesi.
Txoriek dute had,
basabereek zuloa,
europako herri zaharrena
hona hemen lur-bakoa.

Baina, you-on!, anaiak,
gaiztoen gurenda, labur:
Jainkoa beti zuzen-zalea,
lanen amaia daukagu hur.
Itsasuso txuri hori,
atzerantz egizu bide,
ur haundi honen beste village
gure herritxoak datzate.
Zoaz nirera, beratan
ene bi haurrak dituzu;
lotan badaude, zabiltz arduraz,
ama amets dute, ez esnatu!
Zure hegoekin, goxoki,
goxoki egiezu laztan:
mosu bat aitan, bi aman partez
begien gainean eman.
«Iturrieta» zaharrean
ene amatxu ule-txuri;
haren negarrak mokoan bildu
ta itsas-gezalera jaurti.
Esan guztiei laburra
dugula gure urrun-aldi;
askatzearen euzki ederra

itsasertzean da ageri.
Laster, bai, denok baton
bakean, poz eta atsegin;
Buru-jabeak, Jauna goratuz,
Izango Gara Euzkadin.
Alsina ontzia, 1941 eko urtarrila

Amets
Bart amets bat dut egin,
atsekabe ta atsegin,
ahaztu nahi ta ahaztu ezin.
Haritz bat ikusi nun,
bere enborra eder leun;
zazpi adar bazitun.
Adar mardulak do
zitun eta zabaltzen
zeru goia bilatzen.
adarren apaingarri
bazeuzkan alehun orri,
ta han txoriak kantari
txiruli ta txiruli.
Hura zen soinu ezti!
Zeruan al nintzen ni?
Bat-batez, ortzia ilun,
ostotsa orroka edonun,
tximistak gogoz jo zun.
zurbil ederra zarta,
lau adarrak drummer,

beste hirurak bestera.
Txoriak doaz ihes,
xirta ta txirulik ez;
erbeste-hotsa haien ordez.
Dardaraz naiz atzarri
eta oinazetan jarri;
geroa nork igarri?
Geroa dugu goibel,
heldu, anai guztiek, hel
haritza ez dadin ustel.
haritzaren sustraiak
geronek gara, anaiak,
gu lagun ala etsaiak?
Lurrean behar dugu
indar guztiz tinkatu,
bakoitzak bere leku.
ta haritza biziko da
lehengo aldian bezala,
orritsu ta mardula.
Caracas, 1959

Leonardo of Argensola
Andere beat
TO A WOMAN WHO SHAVED AND WAS BEAUTIFUL
Aurretik, Jon Jauna, Dizut Aitorko
Elbira andereak zuri-gorria,
berezko ez ta izanik erosia,
sakelakoari diola zorko.
Aldiz esango didazu zuk, horko
eder-gezurra parekogabia
staves, honelako aurpegia
sortu ez dela ezta ere sorko.
Gezur horren atze, baina, galdua
banabil, nola izan harritzekua
gezurra Izadin ikusiz nausia?
Guk orok dakusgun urdin zerua
ez da zerou, ezta urdin, hain haundia
ederrez ez al da nahiz ez egia?
1943

Arrabita soinu
Badoa, badator
gozo-gozoki,
urrunduz orain
hurbilduz gero,
arroi-hotsa dela
dela deidara,
nahiz dakarrela
hotz nahiz bero.
Caracas, 1965

Christopher Marlowe
Artzain maiteminduak bere maiteari
THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE
Hator, hator nirera ta ene maitea izan,
tabasoak, zelaiak, zuhaiztiak, haran
ta mendiak maten dituen atsegin
guztiak guretuko ditugu elkarrekin.
Eta eseriko gaitun harkaitzen gainean
ikusirik artzainak taldeekin larrean.
Ta lats mehen ertzean, beren ur-jauzidi
txoritxoak kantatzen zieten beti alai.
Ta magarda lilizko etzauntza biguin bat
ta lora sorta ederrak egingo ditinat;
lilizko ginbail bat ta gorputz-gainekoa,
myrtle orriz dena apaindu eta hegal-ehundua.
Bildots txukunetatik egundaino atera
dugun ule ederrenaz ehunduko gona,
hotzetarako oskiak ongi azpikotuak,
urrezko belarrikin ederki apainduak.
Galtzuz eta huntz-kimukaz eindako gerreztun
koralezko lokamu ta anbar-botoidun;
ta baldin atseginok eragin ahal bahaute,

hator, hator nirera ta izan ene maite.
Artzain mutilek kanta ta dantza dute eingo
orril-goiz denetan hire ederrerako;
baldin atsegin horiek hi ahal bahaute eragin
izan ene maitea ta bizi nirekin.
1941

artzubiko lertegiari
artzubiko lertegi,
Begien betegarri!
Mendi gainean gangarra irudi.
Hire oinetan,
Faduran, Gobela maite kantetan.
artzubiko lertegi,
Inon ez hainbeste amets nik egin,
Inon ez hainbeste olde-atsegin!
Udaldiko egun kixkalduetan
Aurkitu dot Itzal bere barruan,
Orduan, etzanik belar berdean,
Nentzuzala beheko itoginen kantak,
Irakurtzen neuzan Birgilirenak.
Bere txirularen soinu gozoak,
Haizeaz zabalduz, abar hezetan
Ziren kokatuten, dardar eztitan,
Ta euren hego haztatu-ezinak
Uxatzen euzan nire maiteminak.
artzubiko lertegi,
Nire musaren leku berezi!
sarri nindoan
Ameskor, bakar,

sasi artean
Narrastuz doazen zidorren zehar.
Bazter zoragarriz hintzen ugari!
Landa loratsuan, txirtxila soinugin,
Behi erro luzeak hausnarrean din-din,
Otean kukuka, epetxa txintari
Abaro-ostail-zehar, ninfak zelatari.
Beheraxeago,
Goroldiz jantzitako osten-lekuan,
Iturri murmurti gardena dago,
Eltzun urtetsu, lodi, bakar baten
gerizapean.
sinisgarri jat
Bertan bizitzea maitagarri bat.
Artzubiko lertegi!
begien oinazgarri
Aizkorak egin dau bere aldi!
Sortu hinduen lurra hilerri iduri,
Ondoak hilarri.
Hirekin hil dabez Itzalak ta Musak
Nire amets eder ta asti gozoenak!
Artzubiko lertegi!
Orain ta beti,
Hire sustraiak tinko lurpean,
Hire gomuta nire gogoan. 1935

askatasun
Gizonak ez dakien alditik
Basque-enda dugu;
itsasoko orroak aditurik
jaio da ta zahartu.
Itsasoaz betiko burrukan
mendia dugu zut;
behind eta berriz, etengabean,
uhinen oldarrak huts.
Itsasoak du erakusten beti
indarrez nola ekin;
mendiak edozein erasori
nola gogor egin.
Euskaldunak bat eta bestetik
hartu du ikaskizun:
oldarra ta tinkoa elkarturik
sortu du askatasun!
Caracas, 1965

jean racine
ATHALIE antzerkiaren hasierako zati bat

ABNER:
Banator bere elizan Jauna gurtzera.
Etorri naiz, ohitura zahar-arabera,
legea sinai gainean hartu genduan
eguna ospatzeko zure onduan.
Aldien aldakuntza! tuta santuak
goiz hau deitu orduko, herri hautuak
elizpeak ibaika euzan betetan.
Ederra zen eliza dena apainetan!
Ta denak aldare aurren eraz jarriak,
eskuan euren lurren emoi barriak,
lehenenkiok eutsezan opa Jaunari,
apaizek ezin deundu hainbeste opari.
Andra baten ausarrak, giza-batz hori
banatuz, egun horren aintza da erori.
Gurtzaile gartsu batzuk nekez ausartzen
will say aspaldien zerbait gogora ekartzen.
Besteek Jaunarentzat oroi-ez baino
ez dabe, edota, Bal-en aldareraino
lasterturik, beronen lizunkeriaz
poz dira ta biraoka aiten Urtziaz. 1939

Axular
Euskal jaun aberatsa, zelai zabalean
goratzen den mendia bezala zaitugu;
kidekorik ez duzu zure lehen-aldian
ta ondoren ez zaigu zure stop agertu.
Ibai oparoa antzo, euskal baratzean
zure mintzoak dena du lore bihurtu;
euskeraren gogoaz jabetu zinean
ta «jende artean ahalke zena» jaso duzu.
Zure bidetan barna, Euskerako erromes
sarritan ibiltzen naiz, ikasnahi ta apalik,
urrundanik bada ere, zuri jarrai nahiez.
Baditut clap liburu eder asko,
baina aspalditik ohe-buruan bi soilik:
grekazko Itun Berria ta Gero euskerazko.
Caracas, 1962

Alexander Pope
Bakartasuna
REQUEST
Zoriontsua bere arazoa ta nahia
daukazana artaldeko gizalan gutxitan,
sorterriko haizea hartuteaz alaia
beraren lurrean.
Artaldeak esnea ta soloak artoa
ekarten dautsoe ta abereek jantzi;
zuhaitzek udan itzal ta neguan beroa
damotsoe zinki.
Bedeinkatua, artetsu, begiratu ahal dune
ordu, egun ta urteak irristatzen biguin,
gogoan bakea ta gorputzan osasuna,
egunez atsegin.
Gauean lozorroan; aldartea ta lana
elkarrekin nastauta da kirol gozoa,
eta bakuntasuna, gehien atseintzen dana
landuaz gogoa.
Holan bizi nadin ni, ezaunta ikus-ezan;
hello, aiene barik, hil nadin bakean;
lagunartetik urrun, ta harrik ez begi esan
they are not born. 1942

begoñaren jaiotzean
Lasaitasunean ez haut ekarri,
ene Begoñatxu, praises kutun.
Laztan emoteko amama da urrun
eta amatxu ta aita bihotzak larri.
Egun huts batez haugu jaio barri
eta gudaren zama hara non dugun;
lur-azpi bidera, gau eta egun,
garama alarmotsak deituaz sarri.
Hemen jaiota, Parisko txolarre,
bat-batera haiz gudaren kumea.
alabaina eginez gogoz barre,
alaitu hire ama, zeru-lorea,
Izena Dokana Begoña Bake
uxu-egin gugandik nahigabea.
Paris, 1939ko irailak 2

Berez
Berez txori politak
dabez goizaldian.
Berez Ardi Zuriak
be dagi mendian.
Berez euskaldunak, be,
hitz eiten hastian,
euskeraz estaten dau
"amatxo maitia".
1920

Lope de Vega
Bihar
WHAT DO I HAVE, THAT MY FRIENDSHIP SEEKS?
Zer jatsu nire adiskidetasuna
Jan Jesus? Zer on duzu bilatzen
Nire Athean Duzula Igarotzen,
ihintzez bustita, negu-gau iluna?
Oi, nire erraion gogortasuna,
ez bainintzaizun jaitsi zabaltzen!
Nire eskerbaltzaren lehiak igartzen
badautzuz zauriok, hau erasuna!
Zenbatetan inostan aingeruak:
«Gogo, leihora hadi orain, ta entzun
deika dagizkazan maite-oihuak».
Eta zenbatez, Jan Jauna: «Bihar
irekiko deutsat »neutsan erantzun,
ta bihar berbera erantzun behar!
1943

William Wordsworth
Bihotza jauzten jat
MY HEART LEAPS UP WHEN I BEHOLD
Zeruan Ostadarra Begiztatzen
dodanean, bihotza jauzten jat;
hello izaten zen txiki nintzela,
hello orain, ta banaiz gizon bat.
Holan bedi zahartzean ala hil nadin!
Umea gizonaren aita da;
nahi nuke ene egunak, berezko errukiz,
elkarrekin lotuta izatea.
1941

biziaren alegia
Ibai-uraren lasterra!
eltzun bateri begira;
eltzun-buruan abarra,
abar-buruan kimuno,
bai erneko?, ez erneko?
will loretan eltzuna,
zabalik orri ederra.
Hau haizearen biguna!
Eder euzkia zeruan,
guztia poz inguruan;
kukua hasi da kantetan,
txirtxila zotal artean,
abarrean txori-txintak,
ibaian maite-murmurrak.
Ur-azalean hegazka
sorginorratzak burrunka
argi, zirkin, soinu, urrina.
Biziaren atsegina!
"Orriak, zibuka, irtirin,
ni nauzue hemen erregin,
dena niretzat atsegin.

Izaki orok, apalki,
egiten dauste opari.
Eguzkiak argi bizi,
txori politak txiruli,
haize arinak balaku,
Ibai gardenak ispilu.
No naiz denen erregina.
Biziaren atsegina!».
Hau haizearen ankerra!
Ez eguzki, txoririk ez,
I was going beilegi lohiez.
Eltzun gainean goibela,
bere oinetan orbela.
egun bateko erregin,
orain ihar eta zikin.
nork hazauke orritxoa?
Haizeak urera haroa.
Ur lirainak, barrel, nora?
1936

eleizalde hil da
Euzkadi amaren bihotzetik deny malkoa jausi da.
Malko samina, odol-malkoa, min-oinaze den malkoa,
Min-oinaze den malkoa.
Maite-maiterik eban semea, bera anaien eredua,
Bihotz-gizona, buru argia, eroan dau Heriotzak!
Eroan dau Heriotzak!
Balbe ankerra! Gazte direla hobeak kentzen dauskuzu.
Zeure hotz hori kentzeko noski euren bihotzak biozuz?
Euren bihotzak biozuz?
I heard! bai beroa «Axe»-bihotza! Bere burua bai zoli.
Euskal gaietan, Jel-ikaskintzan zor dautsoguna berari!
Zor dautsoguna berari!
Jakidietan izar nagusi, aintza utzi eban Ama-arren.
Bera adimenaz haundia baitzan, haundiagoa bihotzez.
haundiagoa bihotzez.
Langile zintzo! Aberri-lanak bere bizitza bete eban.
Bular sutsua, ba beldur asperra, ez ziren izan beretzat.
Ez ziren izan beretzat.
«Edur barria baizen garbia» gura eban Ama ikusi.
Lortu baino lehen hil da. Oi, laster, ikusko ahal dau zerutik!
Ikusko ahal dau zerutik! 1923

Emakume euskal-ikaslearena
Lora bakoitzak dau bere usaina,
edozein txorik kantaera,
herri guztiek euren hizkuntza,
Euskal Herriak Basque.
Ez nadin ni izan gehiago lora
besteen usainez jantzia;
nahiko da izatez txori mordoilo
ta nire herrian arrotza.
Niretuko zaut, Basque maite,
nire erraietan sartuko,
ta, aita zaharrak lez, nire semeak
zugatik will say ezaungo.
Eta lurra utzi dagidanean,
euskal otoitz bat eginez,
zuzenbidean esan daiela:
«jokatu dau euskaldun lez».
Alsina ontzia, 1941eko ekainak 7

Enbeita'tar Kepari (GB)
Anai maitea, bihotz garbia,
zilar-ahots, gogo zoli,
zure heriotzaz gure lur zaharra
ilun ta mutu dozu utzi.
Baso-txoriak, zure lagunak,
txioka dagoz itunik;
eurekaz baten, zure hilobira
nator negarrez beterik.
Zu izan zinen olerkaria
eta abertzaleen sortzaile;
zuri entzunda, zenbat euskotar
Burutan den egia erne!
Zure kantuak, Jel-en sugarraz
eusko bihotzak dauz erre:
Euskal Herriak gutxiago dau
orain balio zu gabe.
Askatasuna izan zen beti
zure maitasun nausia;
zure bihotzak ezin eroan
Euzkadiren jauskaldia:
lokabe ta aske bizi izatea
maitatzen dau urretxindorrak;

ez dira egin kaiolarako
Jaunak emandako hegoak.
"Askatasundun eguzki hori,
noiz ikusik-haut Euzkadin,
nire bihotz hau pozezko sutan
erre ta kiskaldu dadin...»
Hello bestu zenuen, Kepa,
garrez beterik aspaldin.
Jan, egun hori heldu baino lehen
zerura dozu hegaz egin!
Buenos Aires, 1943ko martxoak 1

Jan Urtzi!
Zu zeu bakar-bakarrik zara handia,
Zeu zara Argia, Zeu zara Egia,
doneik doniena,
Zintzoik zintzoena.
Gold ahal dozu, gold-Egilea.
Zaren gurgarria, jaunaren Jauna!
Den zoriontsua Zeuk maite izana!
Neure gogoa zeure bila dabil,
Zu-irudiaz pozten dira bakarrik
Neu-begi zorrotzak
Ta neure bihotza.
Zeroriren jarrai baitabil arin
Neure bihotza den txiki-txikia,
Zeu maitatzeko zaren goi-handia!
Toki orotan, aldi guztietan
Alai nagonan, itun nagonan.
Neu-Urtzioi dautortzut.
Gur-hitz-dei dagitzut.
Ta neu-bihotzak baitzau, Zeu, maitetan!
Toki orotan biztanle ikusgaitza!
Aldi orotako bizkide hilgaitza!

Egun ederran, eguzkia danian
Bertantxe zakust Urtzi beratia!
Ekaitz gogorretan,
Haize-ostotsetan.
Ortzi-goitik tximistak ekarria
Baitot entzuten. zeroren ahotsa
Zaren ahaltsua Jaun-Goiko zorrotza!
Jan Urtzi!
Zu zeu bakar-bakarrik zara handia.
Zeu zara Argia, Zeu zara Egia...
Zeu zara zarana,
nerauk maite izana,
Zeuk maite dozuna nerau izatia
Neure metsa da. Arren amets hori
Egiztu egizu!, arren, ene Urtzi!
1920

ene maitea
Maitasunak nakar eta
maitasunak narama;
maitasunak narabila,
hura dut bizigaia.
hamasei urte nitula
—maite ikasleen sasoia—
nire andregaia ezagutu
ta eman nion fedea.
Haren irudi goitarrak
ostu zidan begia.
Ordutik eta betiko
liluraturik nauka.
Hura ezagunago eta
—ha zen harritzekoa!—
neronen buru hau ere
ezautzenago nuan.
Mendian nuen aurkitu
baso Erregina antzera,
sagar-lorez eta huntz-hostoz
apaindua zegola.

Ta harentzat bila nituan
jantzi pinpirinenak,
apaingarri jorienak
ta pitxi bikainenak.
Ez dakit honela arituz
mugan beti jo doubt;
gizonak corn huts egiten
hobeki beharrean.
Eder-zale izan naiz beti
eta eder-minak joa,
Greziko lurralde argiko
bidetan barna ohitua.
ene maite nahi nuke
paregabe izatea,
baina nolanahi den ere
apaindu ala gabea.
erregin pitxiz jantzia
ala oihal arrunteaz,
maitearen naiz eta
beti izango berea.
Gold gainean Jainkoa,
munduan eusko lurra,
ta eusko lurraren Andretzat

ene maitea, Euskera.
Haren irudi garbia
beti aurrean doubt it,
maitasunak nakar eta
maitasunak narama.
Caracas, 1965 eko apirila

Ivan Turgenev
errusiako mintzoa
Ezbaiko egunetan,
aberriaren geroari buruzko
zain txarreko ordu beltzetan,
zu bakarrik zaitut euskarri
Errusiako mintzo haundi
ezin usteldu ta lokabe hori!
Zu ez bazina, nola ez etsi
gertatzen zaigunaren aurrean?
Ez, ezin daiteke sinetsi
horrelako mintzoa
herri haundi bati
emanates ez izatea!
1965

Euskal poetak
Ager zaigun lehenengoa da Beñat Etxepare,
Eiheralarreko elizan izan zena erretore.
Han Jaunaren maitasuna zun irakasten soilik,
baina haren liburuan badaukagu besterik.
Bego! Goi-ederra beti ez badauka gogoan,
badu gure olerkariak zer goratu beregan.
Haragi maitasun hutsen lilurak itsutua
badakusagu batzutan, ta haiek atzipetua,
berak ez daki atzipetzen, ta beti haren aurrean
gizona sentitzen dugu, lohiean nahiz urrean.
Beti luma-muturrean haren bihotza dago,
ta euskerakiko onginahia bihotzari dario.
Errobi jauzkariaren ibar goxoan barna,
Garazirantz, urrats-urrats, dagiala bidea,
liburutxo bat eskuan, gure poet dator,
buru zut ta begi argi, eta bihotza borbor.
«Heuskaldun den gizon orok altxa beza buruia»
Idatzi du ta goraki hots egiten badoa.

Ta maiteminez: «Heuskara, jalgi hadi kanpora!
Heuskara, jalgi plazara, habili mundu guzira!»
Hitzok ez dira mintza-hutsa, gogo-deidarrak dira,
odol-jauztiri beroak, bihotzaren pilpirak.
Haiek dagizkin poet euskaldun zintzo bat zan;
oi, aditu balituzte zeuzkanek inguruan!
Baina irudi dirdaitsua badihoa aienatuz,
buru makur ta begien argi bizia galduz.
Ta bere hitzen oihartzuna urruneko bidean
motelagotzen eta hiltzen da euskaldun-belarrian.
Caracas, 1961eko abendua

Euskaldun neighborhood in bestia
Erdaldun jaio nintzen.
Neure zoritxarra!
Baina euskaldun oin naiz.
Hau da neure poza!
Ni motela nintzen lehen.
Hau da hitz egitea!
Lehen ez neban ikusten.
Argi artean naiz!

zeruan basque
Gotzon bat ahuspeztu da
Jaunaren aurrean,
ta hegoak apalduta
stay dautso hello:
«Aita, Zeuri inoiz bere
iraindu ez zaituan
eta galdu-zorian
egoan hizkuntzak
badakizu burua
Jaso Egin Daula,
Zeuk gura zenduan lez,
ta badaukazala
inoiz ez eukiriko
olerkari goiak.
Herri ta ele guztien
ahots bikainenak
dantzuguzan bertoko
kantari-taldean
basque zahar-garbiak
bere aurkezleak
eduki behar dauz-ta,
emoidazu baia

eusko-olerkari
bila lurrera nadintzat».
joyous irribarre
aita maitekorrak
ezpainak zabalduta
Esan Eutson «Zoaz».
ortzi goia lagata
hodeien artetik
aingerua lurrera
lastertxo zen jaitsi.
Eusko-olerkari artean
hautatu euzan bi.
Biak donoki-gaiak,
biak bihotz-garbi,
biak buru-argiak,
ta gogo-kantari.
laster jakin genduan
hil zela lizardi
ta honor atzez Bedoña
joan zela, hegamin...
1933

Basque
Basque, Basque,
Nire know hizkera.
Hizkera goitarra,
Leinu garbiko ta zaharra.
Ele harrigarri,
Gogobihotz asegarri.
mintz bardin gabe,
Hamaika ezkutun jabe.
Hizkuntza aberatsa,
Nire emaztegai aratza.
Nire emaztegaia!
Zeugaz eingo dot eztia.
zu nirera ekarri,
Beratan andera jarri.
ta jaunak bidali
Bere semeetan igali.
daien iragarri
Ama zein den zoragarri
Ta nik, bere ezkonak,
Dautsadan maitasun ona. 1933

abertzalearen ituna
«Gaztetasunak banerabila» lez abesten da.
Alaitasuna sartu ezin da neronen bihotz alegian.
Dakust Amea erbestepean, dakust arrotza nagusia.
I heard! Aberri jopuaren semea naiz!
Dakust aberria, gizon birao-esale erdaldunez josia.
Ez dulerdan ele batez daie. Ezin-ezin dot ein euskeraz.
I heard! Ezin-ezin ein neronen eleaz!
Geure lurrak sortutako Haritza guztiz ihartuta dago.
Aske-herria joputu da ta ez du indarrik Berai eusteko.
I heard! Lehenagoko euskotarrak non dagoz!
Haizean hegaztiak, uran arrainak baizen askeak ginenak,
Laterri zinge-ustelaren jopu gaixoak baino orain ez gara.
I heard! Laterri zinge-ustelaren jopuak!
Umetan erdal ikastoletan, mutiletan gudaletxetan,
Eusko gaixoak erbestepean daroazan oinazeak!
I heard! Jopuaren bizitza den iluna!
Lehenagoko Aitor-alabak, antzinako eusko-seme hutsak,
Arrotzekin ezkontzen would say, dasale Ama-odola bera.
I heard! Geu-sengeak arrotzen ezkonak!

Haiz, heu-seme batzuk ezetsia, beste batzuk ez ezautua.
Haiz, itsu-zoro-herri beat love gaixoa, Neu-Aberria!
I heard! Heure zoritxarra dokan handia!
Aberria aske ikusi zeben, zuek mendiok, zuek ibaiok.
Zergatik ez zamiltz? Zergatik ez dozue soiltzen enda-lurra?
I heard! Zetako bizi jopuak garela!
1920

Ez dago!
ez dago amarentzat
seintxoa lakorik
Ez maitalearentzat
maitea bardinik.
Ez ta neuretzat ere,
neu-Aberri hori
biztoki guzti hontan
heu lako besterik.
1920

Marquis of Santillana
Finojosako neska behizaina
THE GIRL OF LA FINOJOSA
Ez dut mugan ikusi
neska ederragorik
Finojosako neska
behizain hura baizik.
calatraveño aldetik
Santa Mariara
bideari jarraituz,
wrong logurak,
latz-artean
galdu does not bidea;
han behizaina ikusi nun
finojosakoa.
Larrosaz ta lorezko
zelai heze baten
beste unai batzuekin
abereak zaintzen
hain eder hura ikusiz,
sinetsi nun ozta
behizain izan leikela

finojosakoa.
Ez dut uste udasteko
larrosa gorririk
hain eder ta horrelako
inoiz izan denik,
lehen ezagutu banu,
gorapena utzita,
neska behizain ederra
finojosakoa.
ez nion begiratu
deservezi zun legez,
askatasuna galdu
nezakeen beldurrez.
Baina esan nun (nor zen
jakiteko): «Ederra,
non da neska behizaina
Finojosakoa...?»
Irribarrez is zun:
«Ongi etorria;
aitzen dut, joy,
galdetzen duzuna:
ez da maite-minean,

ez maite-begira,
neskatil behizain hori
Finojosakoa».
1943

Getxoko basetxe zaharrentzako kantua
Badut barne-kantu bat, bihotz beast,
antzinako soinuaz oihu dagidana,
Ez da ederrak sortua, ez gehiago-nahiak;
maitasun hutsak sortu du ta gehitu urrunak.
Harri zakarrak dira, mila ekaitzek joak,
Kantu hori gogora eman didatenak.
Harri zakarrak, baiki, baina haien artean,
gizaldirik gizaldi, mende ta mendetan,
nire aita zaharrak beti Kristoren fededun
izanak will say, baita bizi ta hil euskaldun.
Harri zakarrak, baina Bizitzaren berri
belaunik belaun ongi dutenak ikasi;
ta Heriotzak, nausiro, haien atek joaz, [1]
santu egin dizkidanak zirenen oroiaz.
Harri zaharrak zuenak: Abaroa, Aresti,
Arrigunaga, Arnabar, Zuazo ta Sarri...
nire jaioterriko antzinako etxeak,
zuek emanak ditut abizen guztiak.

Aspalditik nauzue zuengandik urrun, [2]
baina ez zaituztet ahaztu ez inoiz ez inun,
ta inoiz baino gehiago zuen beharrean
nago orain erbestealdi luzeegi honetan. [3]
Zuek berriz ikusi, zuen atarian,
bidazti zahar bat antzo, gura nuke atsedan.
Amonatxo zahar baten zimurrak bezala,
last horien zirrituak uki ta musuka
ta antzinaldietako mila gauza galde:
zuengandikoa naiz, semea nauzue!
Inongo jauregiak ez nau egin bere;
urteek, atzerriak bestelatu ez naute;
zuek ikasia naiz beti bat izaten,
mundu guztian zehar euskaldun irauten.
Zuek mundu honetan zarete nire erro,
zuengana behar dut, umezurtz bat antzo.
Jan Jainko maiteak emango ahal dit, arren,
ikus zaitzatedala lurra utzi baino lehen!
Caracas, 1963ko maiatza

getxori
Zure eliz urtetsuko atari gainean
armarri zaharra dago, ta ikurritza bertan:
"Kaltea dagianak, bizarre lepoan"
ikurritzak dinosku euskera zaharrean.
Behar zintudanean utzi zu, tristerik
urten neban, bizarre lepoan garbirik,
egin ez neutsalako inori kalterik,
zure ikuste ederrari uko egin ezinik!
Caracas, 1963

Guztiz Garbiari
She seule ne sait pas
et tout le monde l'admire
fenelon
Lur agorrak garo hezea dau maite;
Uhin amorratuak hondarran bake;
Arginahi da waa; baitoa haizegale
Lohi hutsa naizen hau garbitasun-gure.
Garbietan garbi, Zu zaitugu, Look,
Zeruko larretan hazitako lora.
Zitori-liliak will say zimelduten;
Zu, Jainko-sustraidun, zimel ezin zara.
Utzirik bihotzak mingots eta larri,
Lur-edertasunak digaroz iradu.
Zurea, izanda bat, beti joan barri.
Ta alaitzea, goratzen, hobetuten gaitu.
Honen argal, honen jausberak izanik,
Zein ahaltsuak garen, Zu bazagoz gugaz!
Rice jatorkuzan girinak, entzunik
Zure mintzo gozoa, ihesika doaz.
Emoten dautsozu bake gogoari

Zugandiko bake joy nahigarria!
Eta adimenean pizten dozun argi
Goitar jaku goi-biderakuslea.
Ondasun-iturri, maitasun-itsaso,
Zu zara erruki ta itxaropen-Ama.
Hutsik ez da Zugan, eder zara bear,
Kades-ko palmondoa, Jeriko-larrosa.
Haizeak eta urak, abere-hegaztiek,
Izadi osoak goratuten zaitu.
Zure aintza dabe kantagai guztiek.
Zuk bakar-bakarrik, apal, ez dakizu.
1935

Leonardo of Argensola
V. hamalaukoa
SONNET V
«Esan, oro-Aita, zuzena hazala,
zelan utzi dagikek katepean,
hobenbakoa ilun datzan artean
epai-mailan errua dagoala?
"Gogor dagizun besoari ahala
nork emoten dautso, hire legean
bizi nahi daun ontzalea, nekean
garaile txarraren azpian dala?
«Hara esku ankerrak garaitzean
txaloak joten, zintzoak adiaz
gaiztoaren bidebako pozean».
Hauxe ninoala, goikoak nymph
agertu ta esan eustan irriaz:
"Itsu!, lurrerako dira gogoak?"
1943

herrimina
Joachim Du Bellayren
"Heureux here, like Ulysses,
a fait un beau voyage» oinarri hartuta
Zorionekoa, bai, kanpoan ibilita,
gizon eta lur asko ezagutuz gero,
herrira itzultzen dena, zentzun onez jantzita,
beretarren artean bizitza amaitzeko.
Ene, noiz berrikusi dagiket nire herriko
sukalde zaharren kea, noiz «Iturrieta», [1]
jaio nintzen gela ta gure ezkaratz garbiko
bazterra, nire amak maitatu lekua?
Nahiago dot txikitan ibiltako bazterra [2]
bertoko oroigai harro ta ederkunak baino, [3]
Sena baino atseinago ene Gobela alferra, [4]
eta London handiko ta Paris argiko
zoragarri guztiak ezetan ez dodaz,
itsas-gaineko Algorta ederran gomutaz.
Paris, 1939ko abuttua

Hizkuntzaren deia
Hamaika urte direla
Jaunak esan eustan:
«Zoaz Euskal Herrira ta
bizi zadiz bertan».
Horrela agertu nintzen
zuen beg,
irakasteko hemen
euskeraz hizketan;
zuen artean naiz ba
bizitzeko bertan.
Zabal ta eder nintzen
euzkadi guztian,
zahar ta gazte artean
negon ezpainetan.
Gizon ta emakumeen
bihotz barruetan,
eroaten ninduten
hiri-basoetan;
pozik aurkitzen nintzen
orduko aldietan.
aspaldi hontan baina
nago beti larri,

izan beharrekoan
ilun barik argi.
gogorrago direnak
dozuz gorunduta,
herri gaixoa zara
guztiz zapalduta;
zure burua dozu
lotsaz makurtuta.
Jaungoikoak demands
darabilzun ele
euzkadi guztian zen
buruaren jabe.
Aita, guraso, seme,
denek eben maite,
honela zabaldu zen
baseri ta kale;
euskeraz egiten zen
deny eta barre
Arren Euskaldun Ona
entzun egidazu,
basque ez da hilko
zuk nahi ez badozu.
ez dira arerioak
denen nahiko art

basque isiltzeko
zuk maite badozu;
zeure-zeurea dozu
eutsi egiozu.
Arrotzek egin dabe
zure Herrian kalte,
ez dozulako egin
gogor bere alde.
Ama-semeek bertan
wrong day,
euskaldunak tell it
gehienak ahaztute;
aren eskatzen dautzut
nagizula maite.
begira ludi zehar
hainbat Herri Aske,
ez direlako ahaztu
zer ziren oin art.
jan zure asabak
jakingo balute
beren jatorri dena
euskara galdute,
hobe hilak direla
esango lukete.

Dei dagizut ba, zuri,
euskaldun jatorra,
ez zaitezela ahaztu
Basque language Zarela.
Jagi denok, ba, orduz
ekin bere alde,
guraso, anai eta
mutil-neska gazte;
izan dadin betiko
Basque hemen jabe.
1938

William Shakespeare
hobigilearen kantua
HAMLET, 5. ataleko lehen argerraldian
Gazterik, maitaketan nenbilela,
hori eztiena zela nuen you
astia hiltzeko, harekin ezer onik
I heard! inoiz ez bazetorkidan ere.
Baina zahartzaroak, urrats-isil,
bere atzaparretan atzitu nau,
lur-barrenean sarrarazirik
lurrez eratua izan nintzen hau.
Pikotx bat eta aitzur bat,
izara bat, hil-jantzi,
I heard! ta hobi bat lurrean
dagozkio arrotz honi.
1947

Intziriak
Intziri hori, hoakio Sabinen hilobira.
Habil eta esan egiok, nik bidaltzen haudala.
Bihotzan sartu hakio, bera niri bezala.
Haizez, hoa, intziri hori, hoa laster hobira.
Neure bihotzetik urtenda hoa haren bihotzera.
Isilik esan egiok nik maite-maite dodana.
Itaundu egiok, zelan maitatzen den Amea.
Itaundu egiok, zelan aldeztuten den Bera.
Itaun egiok Bera-arren hiltzeko non den indarra.
Esan egiok ez egoteko itun Amearren.
Esaiok euskotarrak badoazela itzartuten.
Esaiok badagozela Berari jarraituten.
Esan egiok euskotarrek Bera maite dabela.
Esaiok euskotarrak abertzaleak direla.
Berak maite-maite ebana, geuk, be, maite dogula.
Esan egiok «Artzain hori, Zeu-taldea, ondo da».
Esan egiok «Lugin hori, Zeu-hazia erne da».
Esaiok «Irakasle hori: Badozuz ikasleak».
Otoi egiok, geu bakarrik inoiz ez lagatzeko.
Otoi egiok, geure aldez, Jaunari eskatzeko
Guztiok aberria-aldez sendoro ekiteko. 1919

Itsaso aurrean 1
Sarritan, ameskor, leihoan naizala,
begiztu daroat itsaso zabala,
ta orduan, uhinen murmurran, mintzoak
badantzuz ta badauz aditzen gogoak.
Maitasun-mintzoak batzutan nau joten;
ordun itsasoa bai eder erizten!,
Eusko-lurra txiki dela-ta handi-mina
asetzeko gugan Goikoak aegina.
Ikusten dot ordun begi-betegarri,
nahiz urdin azala, nahiz aparrez zuri,
bere murmur otzan jat atseden-lagun,
eta suspergarri bere arnas-gaztun.
Barruan jat sortzen itsasora nahia,
urrutira-behar, lagaturik kaia
ontzixka batean, ur gardenean zehar,
noraezean joan, ametsetan, bakar!...
Balea-arrantzaleen ta Elkanoren hatsak
bultzatuko dabez nire haizoihalak;
eta pozik, nire zoriona abeska
noake itsasarte zurgarri-bilaka.. 2

Orro urrun batek eten dauz ametsak,
pozak doaz ihes, isil dira abesak.
Goibel-ekaitza da. begira itsasoa
haserre ebakitzen gorroto-mintzoa.
Begira Lur Ama ezereztu guraz
hondar, harri ta kai astindu ta joaz;
begira, zoroa!, zeruratu nahirik
bere uhin harroak puztu eta handiturik.
Anker!, honda-minak jota badabila
non hautsi, zer galdu ta nor ito bila;
hilgaiz uhin goseak asetu ezinez;
gaixoen negarraz urak gehitu nahiez.
Bidutzi oi!, zeuri gorroto izateko
itoen amei nik bihotz eskatuko;
ta alargun gazte ezin-etsiaren hitzaz
zu ta zure izena gaitzetsiko dodaz. 3
Hodeiak urratuz, eguzki izpitxuak
argituten ditu ur-mendi bitsuak.
Handiagotzen da, zelako ikuskizun!,
bere ederrak dakar gogora harritasun.
Harritasuna, gar, nahi eta beldurra,
gorroto, maitasun, ezespen ta gurra,
guztiok badauz oin asmatzen gogoak,

bai ta aditzen bere euren mintzoak.
Mintzo honek egoki direnean batzen
Handiaren kanta dabe ereskidetzen.
Eurak elkartuten, ai!, baneki, Itsaso,
gagokizun kanta zeuri egiteko.
1934

Ituna
—Txoritxo hori,
txoritxo hori,
zer darabilk
hor-hemen?
—Udabarria
dela-ta
alaikiro
poz-poz,
abarrik abar
hegazka
alai joat
abesten
—Txoritxo hori,
txoritxo hori,
amea
jagok hilten;
ez zagok
bertan udarik
ezta poztasunik
be.
osoro baltzez
josita

bera baijagok
minez.
Ez beast,
txoritxo hori,
ez bestu
pozarren;
bestu
beharra badok,
bestu eik
deny.
hilten
aberria jagok,
Euskotar-Amea
hilten.
Txoritxo hori,
txoritxo hori,
isildu, isildu,
come on!
1921

Koskotegian
Eguzki-mosua itsaspetik jagi deneko gorantz
Zalapartaka Jerusalemdik Koskotegirantz
Lagun aldra bat han doa,
Gurutze astuna lepoan eta errukigarri
Gizon gaixo bat dakar erdian. Nor da berori?
Ai! Nor den? Geure Jainkoa.
Guztiz indarge harri koskortzan ahuspez jausi da,
Gurutz latzaren haxe-azpian dago ia hilda;
Nekez jagi da barriro.
Andrak negarrez jarrai joakoz bide hegaletik;
«Jan alabak, dinotse, ez niri deny-zotinik»
Eta badarrai geldiro.
Oste gaizkilez gainezka dager mendi-bizkarra,
Hango zaratak, hango orroak ta zarraparra
Hitzekaz zelan azaldu?
Haren barruko asmo baltzezko burubideak,
Txerren maltzurrak eragindako gaiztakeriak
Batek badaikez edestu?
Begira Josu errukarria zelan daroen,
Begira zelan erruki barik biluztu daben
Ta gurutzean ezarri.

Hor josi dabe oin eta esku untze gogorrez;
Josuk, horratik, txintik ez dagi, bildostxo bat lez,
Ta dena dautse asketsi.
Begiak lauso, bularra sakon, ezpainak sutan,
Gizon-antz barik, larritasunik saminenean
Han dago Jauna zintzilik;
Negarrez dago bere Ama be gurutze azpian
Samin-ezpata zorrotza dau ba bihotz erdian,
Negarrez bear mindurik.
Hau ikusita, eguzkia da gorde beldurrez;
Gotzonak eurak Egileari garratz negarrez
Ahuspeztu jakoz lurrean;
Erdibituta geratu dira Txadoneko hormak,
Lurra dardarka, amorruz dabil, gaizkin guztiak
Irauntsi gurez oinpean.
Asketsi, aren, Jainko ahaltsua, gizasemeoi,
Gurutze horretan josi zaitugun esker bakooi.
Zure odolak, Jaun ona,
Garbitu bediz gure orbanak, ta bere bidez
Jaretsi guri zerou goi-goian poz atseginez
Amai gabeko zoruna.
Eta Zuk, Mistress, gurutz-oinetan zagozan horrek
Otoi Josuri, nozbait aurrez aur Zuk ta geroek
Ikusi daigun zeruan.

Ama mindua, Jainko Josuren neke gogorra
Bai izan bekigu alai heltzeko betiko kaira
Geure heriotz-ostean.

lagoon onari
Ez neban nik oraindik you
heriotza jatortzula.
Bai, ordez, neban luzarorako
zeunkala zure bizitza.
Baina ez gara gogoaren duin
eta ez bizitzarena,
Goian dagola jakin behar da
Jaungoiko guztiz ahalduna.
Zuk zendun Bera zure bihotzan,
Berak orain zu zeruan;
hau jakitean zorion gara
zure lagunak lurrean.
Mesede baino ez zendun egin,
zeure biziko urteetan,
horregatikan hartu zaitu zu
Jaunak bere besoetan.
Otoi egin, ba, gure alde ta
jarrai mesede egintzan,
zoriontsuak izan gaitezen
Euzkadi gure aberrian.

Paris, 1938

lorarik onena
Papar goridun txori pozkilak
Abesten dihardu;
Mendi-zelaiak edertasunez
He would say txit hornitu.
Ludian askok ditun antzera,
baratz loretsu bat
Norbaitek izan dabenik guri
Txukunena daukat.
Bertako Loreen Usain Gozoa
eztitsu hartzean,
Bihotz-muinoak geratzen chataz
Lotan... zorunean...
Horraitino bat jat bear atsegin;
han bide ertzean
Ageridena; haxe dot maite
Neure baratzean.
Hark uxatzen ditu nire neke
Ta larri garratzak;
Hodeiak zehar gora naroia
Bere hats bigunak.

Loratxo horren nabar hezea
Ebaki behe-behetik
Ta maitetasun eder Amari

Eskaintzea nahi nik.
Hau da benetan nire bihotzan
Samurren Pozik,
Look Amantzat umeak daukon
Emoi ederrena.
Hartu, bureztun-urre-pitxizkoz
Lirain apainduta
Ondi gainean zagozan horrek,
Nire lili-xorta.
Emoi txepela begiraturik
Gainetik bakarrik,
Gogoko suaz beroturikan
Ostera barrutik.
Hauxe damotzut, Ama samurra,
Arnastu guraina,
Gotzonen pool, lurreko aintza,
Beronen usaina.
Bizitz-bidean itsumustuka
dabiltzan gaixoak
Zugana Datoz, Goizeko Izarra,
Dancing ume hutsak.

Zeure altzo hortan, Ama, arren, hartu
Abegi on-onez,
Gorako deia entzun artean
Bizi nadin pozez. -1930

Calderon of the boat
Loreei
TO THE FLOWERS
Egunsentiz Itzartuta Goizera,
hauek, pitxi ta alaitasun zirenak,
lokaraziz gau hotzaren laztanak
ihar will say izango arratsaldera.
Margoz, Einik Zeruari Aurrera,
urre-edur-gorri-ortzadar direnak,
egun baten burun bizitza-lanak,
hauek iristen gaituzte aditzera.
Loratzera ziren larrosak goiztar
ta loratu zahartzeko; aletxo bat
lortu zuten sehaska ta hobitzat.
Zoriarena be gizonak dakar
egun berean jaio eta hil behar:
mende iraganak ditugu ordutzat.
1943

lurmina
Johann Wolfgang von Goetheren
"Mignon: Kennst du das Land?"
oinarri hartuta
Ezaguna al duzu, sagartze-loreak
zuriz janzten duen lurralde berdea?
Haizeak darabil artalorra leunki,
ta mendi-soinuak oparo dakarzki.
Haraxe, haraxe,
nire maiteakin hegaztu nahi nuke.
Ezaguna al duzu lurra, maite-haserrez,
astintzen ta hondartza bitxitzen aparrez
eten gabe ari den itsaso ekaiztuna,
bere arnas gaziaz mondintzen ninduna?
Haraxe, haraxe,
nire maiteakin hegaztu nahi nuke.
Ezaguna al duzu itsaso gainean
kokatu hiritxoa, harkaitz gorrietan?
Han nire begiak lehenik zabal nitun,
have gaztezaroa bizi ta amestu nun,
handik aita zaharrek dei eiten didate.

Haraxe, haraxe,
Lur-loa dagidan eraman nazate.

Caracas, 1960

William Shakespeare
LXVI. hamalaukoa
SONNET LXVI
Guzti hontaz nekatuta, heriotz-atsedenari deiez nago:
Txiroa bertan behera utzia ikustea,
Ta berezko ez-eukia alaiki apaindua,
Ta on-uste garbiena helkaitzak saldua.
Ta urrezko zintasuna ahalkez baztertua,
Ta neska-araztasuna lazki likistua,
Ta gogo arteza bidegabez laidotua,
Ta indarra eragite argal batek ezindua.
Ta jakintza naguskerien menpeko,
Ta ergelak antzeduna zaintzen, maisu antzo,
Ta egi bakuna zozokeritzat hartua,
Ta zintzoa nagusi txarraren morroia.
Guzti hontaz nekatuta, nahiko nuke joan,
Maitea utziko ez banu bakarrik ni hiltzean.
1953

mahatsaren gorespena
Mahats-parraren geriza den ederra
hozkirria hartzeko!
Bere enbor igorrak etxeratuta
eder sutarako.
Eder orbelak soloan ta kortan
abel-oherako.
Eder mordoak, abar orritsutik
dingilizka naro.
Euretatiko mama denok baino
askoz ederrago!
Montevideo, 1944ko uztailak 20

William Shakespeare
maitagarrien kantua
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, 2. ataleko lehen agerraldian
Mendi ta ibar gainean,
txapar ta astarrosan,
zugadi ta hesi artean,
his aunt uretan zehar.
Orotatik nabil alderrai ta arin,
ilargi-multzoa baino arinago;
Mari Erreginaren menpeko nauzu,
haren obo berdeak uztatzen ditut.
Bedats-lili gorak haren kutunak
will say ta haien urre-jantzien zetak
ikus ditzakezu; pitxiak will say,
guk maitagarriok egin-emaitzak,
orezta horietan daude urringaiak.
Han bila behar dut zenbait ihintz tanta,
lili bakoitzeko belarrian pitxi
batto zintzilika behar dut jarri.
Agur, iratxoen zakarren hori;
Banoa, Erregina-ta datoz aurki.
1952

Mirentxuren mahai-azkena
gorria ta tomato
banana hartuki,
azpilan nahasten ditut
einda txiki-txiki.
belaun gainean gero
jarten haut egoki
ta ordun, ene praises,
aitatxuak, noski,
ezin legi inartxirik
bizi denen euki;
matraileak beteta
jatean, gozoki,
dagiztakazan soak
ta irriak ikuski.
Paris, 1939

Mona Lisa
Pizkundeko lorea! zure irribarrean
bizi ta heriotzaren ezkutuak dagoz;
izan eta izangoaren bulkoak badatoz
batez nire gogora zu ikustatzean.
Betiko emea zara, Bizitza-iturburu,
ametsetako aingeru, atsegin-ekarle;
begiotan, milk, agertzen duzu ere
bihotza pilpil jartzen didan halako izu.
Sorgina! Leonardok zu sorraraztean
Lukreziren edenaz eta Beatrizen
jainkozko ikuskariaz amets egiten zun;
ta aurrez zerua eukita, lezea inguruan,
goiz-argi txiunta zale ta gau-iluntasun
isila, zure irudi hortan, zitun batzen.
Caracas, 1961eko otsaila

musu bat
Musu bat dut chubby bihotz drill,
lore egin nahi duena nire ezpain hauetan.
Hainbeste urtez naizela eman nahi eta ezin,
gero ta gartsuago barnean zait egin.
Eskatu diet amei musu goxoena,
haur jaio barrientzat gelditzen dutena,
bai ta, begi bustirik eta ezpain lehorrez,
hil semeari eman ziotena azkenez.
Maitaleei eskatu diet sutsuena,
ta emazte zintzoari garbi, samurren.
Mistikoak eman dit, goiz otoia egiten,
bere ezpain aratzetan zaiona sortutzen.
Apaizak, aldareko Berri On deunari
eskaintzen dion hura, sinesmen-opari,
ta martiriak, bere odolduriko ahoz
Gurutzean ezarri zuena azkenekoz.
Erromesak, bidaldi luzea amaiturik,
errelikari maten diona ahuspezturik.
Olerkariak, haren bekoki izekian
bere zeruko ezpainez Musak diona eman.

Uhinak, Hondar-Altzoan Haserrea Leunduz,
uzten dun bitezko ura, hegal-ehun antzeztuz.
Haizeak, tontorrari damaiona, indarrez,
haginkada bailitzan, maitasun zakarrez.
Eguzkiak, sortzean, hotzarren dardarka
dagon ihintz tanta pitxi bihurtutzen dune.
Elurrak, mara-mara erortzean, lurra
zuriz garbitzen duen musu garbi hura.
Guztiok bat eginda, fat bihotzean,
eta jaio-lurrerantz egingo dut bide.
Aitak eta aiten aitak jaio ziren lurra
haien hezur zuriak estaltzen dituna.
Haien odol gorriaz, betiko santua,
gure gizagurenek egin digutena.
Haren berdetasunaz begi-betegarri
zaiguna; mendez mende buru-jabe, garbi...
Hara nahi dut, noala nire musu horrekin.
Ene Jainko maitea, ez eidazu uka egin!
Ta Han, Belauniko Jarri, Besoak Zabalduz,
Aberriko lurraz bat egingo naiz musuz!
Caracas, 1963ko abendua

neure aberria
«Jan maiteak begiak ditu...» lez abesten da
neure aberriak
badauz mendiak
zuhaitz ederrez jantziak,
basetxe zuri,
haran orlegi,
leiarrezko iturritxoak.
euroin urak
bakarrik niri
kenduten daust egarria!

William Shakespeare
ofeleren kantuak
HAMLET, 4. ataleko 5. agerraldian
«Jan Maitale Kutuna,
nola ezagun zaitzaket?».
«Kapel biribil, makila
ta sandalien bidez».
Hil ta joan zaigu, andrea,
hil ta joan egin zaigu;
burukotzat belarra ta
oinetara harri batdu.
Mendi-elurra bezain zuri
bere hil-jantzia duzu.
Ta hilobira eraman zuten,
lorez hura apainduta,
haren maitaleen negarraz
bustitzen zituztela...
"Bihar, Deun Balendin jai-egunean,
hemendik natorke goiz-urratzean.
Zure leiho ondoan neskatxa nauzu,
zure Balendiñe egin nazazun».

Orduan hark jaiki ta, arinki jantziz,
atheist zabaltzen gave neskari.
Ta hau gelan sartuta neskatxa zelarik,
irteten denean ez da horlakorik.
«Jesus eta Maitakuntza deunarren!
ai ene ta ni, hau lotsa!”.
«Abagune edukiz gero, mutilek
oro egiten dute berbera».
«Egipen doilorra da, alafede!
—neskak erantzun zuen—, ohean ni
eratzan baino lehen, ezkontzeko
hitza eman baitzenidan benazki».
«Ta horixe egingo nuen, alajainkoa,
ohera ez bazintzaizkit etorri».
Hilkutxan eraman zuten
Agirian aurpegia.
Laralai, laralai, lalarai,
laralai, laralai, lai;
ta deny asko isuri zen
haren hilobi gainean.
Bestu behean, behean,
dei egiozue behean.
Nire Robin Zintzoa

da-ta nire poz guztia.
Ta ez da berriz itzuliko?
Ez, ez, hilik datzalako;
zure hilobira zoaz,
hura ez da-ta itzuliko.
Bizarre zuen elurra antzo,
ta sapinezko ilea;
joana da, joana da, alferrik
arigara adiaka.
Haren gogoaz Jainkoa
erruki dadila!
1947

walt whitman
Ontziburu!, nire ontziburu!
O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!
abraham lincoln-in heriotzean
Ontziburu!, nire ontziburu!, amaitu da gure itsasaldi ikaragarria.
Ontziak aldera egin ditu uharri guztiak,
begiratzen genuine saria irabazi dugu.
Hurbil da portua, aditzen ditut joaleak eta herri osoak zuri goraka,
begiak ontzi sendoari, ontzi ausart eta harroari jarraitzen zaizkiola.
Baina, ai ene!, ene bihotz!, ene bihotz!, ene bihotz!,
odol tanta gorriak erortzen dira geldiro, nire ontziburua
zerraldo eta hilotzik datzan zubian.
Ontziburu!, nire ontziburu!, jaiki zaitez joaleak aditzeko.
Jaiki zaitez. Zuregatik goratu dute ikurrina. zuregatik
hots egiten du turutak. Zuretzat dira lore sorta eta bureztun horiek.
Zuregatik betetzen dute itsasertza gizaldeek. zureganantz
zuzentzen dituzte beren deiak, beren gogoak eta aurpegi zaletsuak.
Zatoz ontziburu! Aita maitea! Kiss hau zure burupean.
Ametsa-edo da zubiaren gainean
zerraldo eta hilotzik etzaten zarela.
Nire ontziburuak ez du erantzuten, bere ezpainak zurbil eta isil.
Nire aitak ez du nire besoa ohartzen, ez du intziririk ez nahimenik.
Ontziak, bear eta gaizka, boot du aingura; bere bidaldia bukatu da.

Bere joan-etorri ikaragarria eginda, ontzi garailea sartu da portuan.
Alai zaitezte, izpazter horiek, soinu egin joaleak!
Baina ni urrats neketsuokin
ibiltzen naiz, nire ontziburua
zerraldo eta hilotzik datzan zubian.
1941

otoibat
Jesusen oin horiek, bide orotan gaindi
hautsa bil duzuenok, nire hau ez ezetsi.
Urrundik bada ere, narraikizu, Jauna,
itxaron, oin ederrok, banaiz zuengana.
O, Jesusen eskuak, beti zabalduak,
barkatu ta osatzeko edonoiz gertuak;
beharrean garbitu, Jauna, natorkizu,
adiskide-besarka gozoa emadazu.
Jesusen begi horiek, giza-argalkeria
ikusten duzuenak, zuritu nirea.
Hobena hobenaren gain, izan nauzu alderrai,
zure poz garbi hori gozatzeko ez naiz gai.
Jesusen belarriok!, bekatariaren
deia entzuteko beti zabalik zaudeten
belarriok, behartsu honen otoia entzun,
inoiz geldi ez nadintzat zuregandik urrun.
Jesusen bihotz horrek, nire epel hau sutu,
gidatu nire oinak, eskuok garbitu,
ta begi-belarriok gai egizkizu egin
zuri begira ta adi beti bizi nadin.
Caracas, 1955eko irailak 11

otoia
Noiz arte, Jan Jauna, Zure eskuaren
Esker deuna ditxaro?
Nire bihotz hau pipiak jandako
Zura bezala dago.
Sasiz josita bidea dakusat,
Ez dakit nondik joan.
Zuganatu gura dot, gora-min naiz
Eta ezin dot gora!
Argia urratzean, Zure etxearen
Ederra dot begitzen.
Joaleak egiten daust dei eztia,
Gogoa jat goi-mintzen:
Zein joriak diren Zure baratzak!
Han betiko loreak,
zure esker jake eury ugalkorra,
Zure arnasa, haizea.
landak joritzen dabezan ibaiak,
Esne ta eztizkoak.

Mahastietan, leraz nire bihotzak
Nahi duen mama enjoys.
Hango zidorretan ez du aurkitzen
Sugerik bidaztiak.
Ez muinotan otsorik artaldeak!
Bazka, bai, ugaria.
Zure jauregiaren gelgarria!
Harroinak, urrezkoak.
Bolia goian ta zilarra behean;
Nongura, ikustekoak.
Bertan osasun ta egizko poza,
Bertan Zuzentasuna.
Bertan Egia, Zure bihotzaren
Adiskide kutuna.
Ontasun, Jakintza, ta Edertasun
Zure mailetan would say.
Eta Gentza, gogoen osakia,
Daukazu bakaulkian.
Mihina moteltzen jat Zure aurrean
Maitasun ta ikaraz.
Hizkor nagizu, arren, beti, beti
Goretsi zagizadan!

Horrenbesteraino Zu maitatu ta
Nardaturiko hobena,
Zergatik bidetik aldenduten nau
Gorputz-dei motelenak?
Egizko bizitza Zugan bakarrik
dagona dakidala,
Gezur-atsegin bila, abere-antzo,
Zer dela ta noa, ba?
Goizean Zure ederrari antsika
Ta lohi-zale gauean.
Beti burrukan ta uzkalduta beti
Noiz art, jan Jabea?
Oi!, asko da, Jauna, gaurdainokoaz,
Nik ez nahi gehiago hello!
Arrenez daskatzut, ez zaiataz, ez,
Izango entzungorra!
Emongo daustazu bihotz barria,
Garbi eta igokorra
Ta Zure bidetik joango naiz beti
Zuri aintzaz ta goraz.
1934

paultxoren irribarrea
nire iloba txikienari
Ene sein eder hori, begi urdin bizi,
aurpegi zuri-gorri, urrezko uledi;
nahiz sehaskan lorik, nahiz amaren altzoan,
artetu nahi dokala anaien jokoan,
hire ezpain gorrietan —larrosatxo iduri—
irribarre gozoa beti dok ageri.
Irribarretxo horren zeruragarria!,
(*) horrelakoxea izan bide zoan, Adan
aitak, begi ikusnahiak, lehenengoz, argitan,
paradisuan zabaldu joazanekoa.
Lehenengo otoi izandako lehenengo irriñoa.
Zoritsuegia inoiz be ezpa heuk aizunko!
Baina, oh! ilobatxo, laster, ikasi beharko
honako bizialdi hau zidor bat dokala
estu, pika, sasiz ta etsaiez josia.
Euren Aurka, Enetxo, Alferreko Dozak
amatxoren mosuak, aitaren ardurak.
Zoritsuegia ez bahekik sekulan!
Ezpa heuk jakingo inoiz bide gogor hontan
lagun joaguzala grina zaunkariak,

balakatuaz Hiltzen Gaituzan Hobena,
arerio gorriak, aiskide zuriak,
eri ta atsekabeak, higuin, etsipena...
Baina hobenbakoa beti dok jakitun.
Jarraitu irribarretan; zuzen do, kutun.
Jaungoikoagandiko eta Harentzako do.
Bizi hadi ahaztuten ez hazala honeyzaz,
ta bide-sasietan poz-loreen kuskuak
leherraraziko jozak hire irribarrak.

Oscar Wilde
Reading Bahitegiko Leloa
THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL
In Memoriam Charles Thomas Wooldridge,
Erregearen Zaldizko Zaintzakoa izana.
Obit HM prison, Reading, Berkshire,
1896ko uztailak 7 1
Ez zuen bere txamarra gorria janzten,
odola eta ardoa gorriak baitira;
eta bazen ardoa eta odola haren eskuetan
hilarekin aurkitu zutenean;
maitatu eta bere ohean
sarraskitu zuen emazte gaixoa.
Bazebilen bahitegikoen artean
jantzi arre-zarpaildu batekin,
buruan txano bat zeukalarik;
eta ibilera zalu eta alaia zuen, iduriz;
ez dut inoiz ikusi, ordea, egunari
hainbeste lehiaz so egin dion gizonik.
Ez dut behind ere ikusi
atxiloek zeru diotsaten
estalpetxo urdin hori,
eta bere zilarrezko haize-oihalekin

noragabe zihoan edozein hodeiri
begi hain lehiatsuz so egin dion gizonik.
Banindoan beste arima erratu batzuekin,
beste multzo bat,
gizon hark txiki ala handirik egin ote zuen
nire buruari galdez,
eta mintzo batek surmurtu zuen nire atzean:
"Urka-beharra da lagun hori".
Jan Jainkoa!, zartez,
bahitegi-hormak eurak kordokatu bide ziren,
eta nire gaineko zerua
altzairu gorizko oskol bat bihurtu zen;
eta gogo mindun bat banintzen ere,
nik ezin ohartu nire minik.
Bakarrik nekien zein gogoeta estuk
laster Zeragion Haren Urratsari,
eta zergatik so zegion
begi hain lehiatsuz egun distiratsuari;
gizon hark maite zuena hil zuen
eta horrexegatik zen hil beharrekoa.
Gizonek oro ordea —entzun guztiok!—
zer maite eta hura hiltzen dute,
batzuek begikaldu samin batez,

beste batzuek hitz eztitsu batez,
koldarrak musu batez,
gizon bihoztunak ezpata batez!
Batzuek gazte direla hiltzen dute bere maitea,
batzuek zaharrak tell it;
batzuek Lizunkeriaren eskuz hiltzen dute,
batzuek Urrearen eskuz;
onberenak aizto bat darabil,
hila laster hotzitu dadin.
Batzuek maiteegi dute, batzuek gutxiegi;
batzuek saldu egiten dute, beste batzuek erosi;
batzuk Deny Ugariz Ari Dira,
batzuk hasperenik gabe;
gizon guztiek maite dutena hiltzen baitute,
guztiak hargatik hil behar ez badira ere.
Guztiak ez dira heriotza lotsagarriz hiltzen
ahalke beltzezko egun batean,
ez dute ere urka-bilurra lepo inguruan artean,
ez aurpegi gainean hil-zapia,
eta ez dauzkate oinak
hutsartean dantzatzen solairuan zehar.
Guztiak ez dira bizi gau eta egun
zaintzen dituzten gizon isilekin,
kuzkuzka dagozkionak deny egin nahi

eta otoi egin gogo duenean;
kirika dagozkionak urkabeari
bere harrapakina ostuko ote dion beldurrez.
Ez dira arratsean esnatzen
beren gela irudi izugarriz josia ikusteko:
zuriz jantzi Apaiz dardaritsua,
Hamabi latz, iluna,
Espetxe-jauna soineko beltz distiratsuaz
eta Halabeharraren betarte laruaz.
Ez dira lasterka jaikitzen
bahitegi-soinekoa berriz janzteko,
Osagile zakar bat pozten deino
edozein kirio-aieru berri ohartuz,
tik-takak mailukada izugarriak diruditen
erloju bat behatz artean daukala.
Ez dute ezagutzen,
bihurkariak, bere baratzain-zorroekin,
ate azaldua zabaldu eta,
gaur-gero egarririk ez dezazun,
hiru larru-uhalez lotu zaitzan baino lehen,
zintzurra lehortzen dizun egarri gozagaitz hori.
Ez dute burua makurtzen
Hil-Otoitzen irakurtzea entzuteko,

ezta beren gogoaren larriak
hilik Ez Daudela Dasaienean,
ez dute beren hil-kutxa topatzen
urkabe nardagarrirako bidean.
Ez dute zerua begiztatzen
leiarrezko sabai txiki beat zehar;
ez dute otoizten, buztinazko ezpainez,
beren nekelarria buka dadin;
eta ez dute ohartzen Kaifasen musua,
beren masail dardaritsuaren gainean. 2
Sei astez ibili zen gure atxiloa dance,
bere soineko arre-zarpilduaz
eta txanoa buruan zeukala;
zalu eta alai zirudien haren ibilerak,
baina ez dut behind ere ikusi egunari
hainbeste lehiaz so egin dion gizonik.
Ez dut inoiz ikusi
atxiloek zeru diotsaten
urdin hori estalpeno,
eta bere ile-ehun altsituak narrasean zeramatzan
edozein hodei alderrairi
begi hain lehiatsuz so egin dion gizonik.
Ez zituen bere eskuak bihurtzen,
Etsipen beltzaren elizan

Itxaro aldakorra sortzeko
ahalegina egiten duten gizon ergelek bezala;
eguzkia begiratu eta goizeko eguratsa
edan besterik ez zuen egiten.
Ez zituen bere eskuak bihurtzen,
ez zegien negarrik;
ez zen gogo-hiltzen ez etsitzen;
haizea edan egiten zuen, bai,
hark osagai osasuntsuren bat baileukan;
ahoa zabalik, eguzkia edaten zuen ardoa bailitzan.
Eta nik eta beste multzoan
orron Genbiltzan Gogo Mindun Guztiek,
geronen gaizki aegina
handi nahiz txiki zenez ahaztuta,
urkatzeko zeukaten gizona
begiztatzen genuen txundioak hartuta.
Haundia baitzen ibilera hain zalu eta alaiz
Hura Igarotzen Ikustea,
eta handia zen hark eguna
hain lehiatsu begiratzen ikustea,
eta are handiagoa, halako bitch
ordaintzekoa zela gogoratzea.
Haritzek eta zumarrek baitauzkate

udaberrian ernetzen diren orri atseginak;
baina sugegorriek horzkatu-erroak dituen
urka-habea beltzuritsua da;
eta, heze ala lehor, fruitua ekar dezan,
gizon bat hil behar da.
Gizakume guztiek bilatzen duten
eder-egoitza hori dugu leku goiena:
nork nahi luke, ordea, urkamendi gainean
kalamu-lokarriz estekatua egon eta,
erailearen urka-bilurra lepoan duelarik,
bere azken soa zeruari egin?
Gozoa da arrabita soinutan dantzatzea
Maitasuna eta Bizia eder direnean;
txirula eta ereskin soinutan dantzatzea
atsegin eta bikaina gives:
ez da joy, oin zaluz
haizeari dantza egitea!
Honela, begiluze eta you ertunaz,
hura begiztatzen genuen egunean-egunean,
gu guztiok halaxe amaituko ote ginen
geure buruari galdeka,
inork ere ez baitaki bere gogo itsuak
zein Infernu gorritara jo dezakeen.
Azkenik, gizon hila

ez zen gehiago ibili atxiloen artean,
eta jakin nuen kai beltzeko
Giltzape Beldurgarrian Zutik Zegoela
eta inoiz ez nuela haren betartea berriz ikusiko
Jainkoaren mundu goxo honetan.
Gure bideek elkar aurkitu zuten,
ekaitzean zehar hondoratuko diren bi ontzi iduri:
baina ez genion elkarri keinurik egin, ez hitzik,
esanik ez geneula;
ez baikenuen elkar aurkitu gau gurenean,
egun lotsagarrian baizik.
Bahitegi-harresi batek inguratzen gintuen biok;
bi gizon galdu ginen;
gizarteak bere bihotzetik eraitsi gintuen
eta Jainkoak bere arduratik;
eta Hobenari kuku dagion
burdinazko arteak atzituak ginen. 3
Zordunen bailako harriak zakarrak dira
eta harresi hezetsua garaia da;
hantxe hartzen zuen eguratsa gure gizonak
berunezko zeruaren azpian.
Bi zaintzaile zituen aldamenetan,
hilko ote zen beldurrez.

Edota, esertzen zen
gau eta egun bere larriari kirika zegiotenekin,
eta deny egiteko jaikitzen
eta otoitz egiteko uzkurtzen zenetan
kirika zegozkion; berak urkabeari
harrapakina apiztuko zion
beldurrez kirika zegozkion.
Espetxe-jauna zorrotza genuen
araudi-aginduetan;
Atxeterrak, Heriotza jakintza-egin bat
baizik ez zela esaten zuen;
eta egunean birritan Apaizak
agertu eta liburuxka bat uzten zuen.
Eta gizon hark egunean birriz
pipe hartzen zuen eta txopin bete garagardo edaten;
bere gogoa bipil zegoen
eta ez zuen beldurrerako zurkulurik;
eta corn zioen pozik zegoela
urkatzailearen eskuak hurbil zituelako.
Baina zaintzaile batek ere
ez zuen bekokirik hari galdetzeko
gauza hain bakana zergatik zioen;
zaintzaile izatea jazo zaionak
bere ezpainetan morroilo bat ezarri

eta aurpegia mozorro bihurtu behar duelako.
Bestela, bihozbera liteke,
eta suspertzeko eta urgazteko ahaleginak egin;
eta, zer legike Giza-Errukiak
Heriotzginen Saizuloan?,
zein onginahizko hitzek lagun liezaioke
anaia baten gogoari horrelako lekuan?
Buru-makur eta aldaroka,
Zoroen Ibiltzan ari ginen bailaren inguruan.
Ezer ez zitzaigun;
bagenekien Txerrenaren Taldea bera ginena.
Eta buru murriztuek eta berunezko oinek
zomorro-dantza alai bat egiten dute.
Gure azkazal motz odoltsuez
bikedun soka zehatzen genuen;
ateak igurzten genituen, solairuak marruskatzen
eta eskudel dirdiratsuak garbitzen;
eta, lerroka-lerroka, oholtza zurikatu
eta zalapart egiten genuen suilekin.
Zakuak josten ari ginen, harriak zatitzen,
laztabin hautsuari bira eragiten;
latontziak jotzen, eresiak oihuka
eta lantegian izerditan ari ginen,
baina gizon bakoitzaren bihotzean

Izua zetzan isil eta geldi.
Hain geldi zetzan eta, egun bakoitzean,
itsasbelarrez beteriko uhin bat iduri narrasten zen;
eta ergelari eta zitalari begira dagoen
zori mingotsa ahaztuxea genuelarik,
egun batez, lanetik itzultzean,
hilobi ireki berri baten ondotik igaro ginen.
Hobi larua, aho zabalik,
izaki bizi baten eske zegoen;
buztinak berak odola eskatzen zion
asfaltazko dances egarriari;
eta ortzi-argia edertu baino lehen atxilo bat
urkabean kulunka ariko zela ulertu genuen.
Berehala sartu ginen,
Balbe, Izu eta Izangoari gogoa zurt;
urkatzailea igaro zen herrenka
aizaroen zehar bere zorrotxoarekin;
eta atxilo bakoitza dardara eginean zen
bere zenbakidun hilobira ziri-zira zihoala.
Gau horretan igarogune hutsak
Beldurrezko itzalez josi ziren,
eta burdin-hirian gora eta behera
entzun ezin genituen urrats isilak ari ziren;

eta izarrak estaltzen dituzten burdin-langen osteon
aurpegi zurbilak kirika bide zeuden.
Gizon hura, larre atsegin beat etzanda
ametsetan dagoena bezalakoa zen;
zaintzaileek hura lotan ikusi
eta ezin ulertu zuten,
bihurkariaren esku-eskuan egon
eta nola egin lezakeen lo hain gozoa.
Ez dago lorik, ordea, inoiz deny egin ez dutenek
egin behar dutenean deny;
horrela gu—ergela, ebaslea, zitala—
amaigabeko gau hartan itzarri geunden,
eta, bere esku mindunen gainean narras,
inoren izua sartu zen burumuin bakoitzean.
Ene!, erruaz inoren
min izatea izugarria da!
Hobenaren ezpatak auger zulatzen baitzigun
bere eskutoki edenduneraino,
eta guk, ez isuri-odola zela-eta,
berun urtuzko negarrak egiten genituen.
Zaintzaileak, beren feltrozko oski eta guzti,
ate itxien ondotik ziri-zira zihoazen,
eta kirikatuz bazekuskiten, begiak zurturik,
irudi hauskarak lur gainean;

eta inoiz otoitzik egin ez zuten gizonak
otoitzean ari zirela-eta harriturik zeuden.
Gau osoan otoitzean ari izan ginen belauniko,
hilotz beat erostari zoroak!
Gauerdiaren gandor urduriak
zerraldo beat gaineko gandorra zirudien;
eta Barnearen zimikoak, belaki batan isuri
ardo garratzaren kutsua zuen.
Oilar arreak jo zuen, oilar gorriak jo,
baina eguna ez zetorren;
eta Izuaren tankera makurrak
kokoriko jartzen ziren gu geuntzan zokoetan,
eta gauez dabiltzan mamu gaiztoak gold
gure aurrean jostatzen bide ziren.
Ziri-zara igarotzen ziren arinik,
laino artean bidaztiak iduri;
bihurketa eta bira gozoko rigodon-dantza batez
irri zegioten ilargiari, eta,
urrats gizatsuz eta lerdentasun higuingarriz,
mamuak bazetozen deira.
Itzal meheak, eskuz esku, aieruz eta keinuka
igarotzen ikusten genituen; iratxo-iskanbilaz
sarabanda bat dantza zegiten inguruan;

eta zoroxka madarikatuek
arabikoak egiten zituzten,
haizeak hondar gainean bezala.
Txerpolari-jauzkak eginez,
oin muturretan dantzatzen ziren:
Baina Beldur-txirulez betetzen zituzten belarriak,
mozorro-dantza izugarrian ari zirelarik,
eta goraki besten zuten eta luzaro,
hilak iratzartzeko abesten baitzuten.
"Wow!" oihu zegiten, "mundua zabala da,
baina aztal bilurtuak herrenka doaz!
Eta behin edo birriz kurkuluxa botatzea
zaldun-joko bat dugu; ez du irabazten, milks,
Hobenarekin jokatzen ari denak
Ahalkearen isileko Etxean».
ez ziren haizezkoak
hain pozik jauzika ari ziren sorkari zakarro haiek:
bizia oinbilurretan zeukaten
eta oinak lotu gabe ezin joan ziren gizonentzat
—a!, Kristoren zauriok!—
biziak ziren eta ikusteko izugarriak.
Inguruka-inguruka, bals-dantzan eta biraka ari ziren;
batzuk dantzakide barre-samurrak bezala;
beste batzuk, goizoilanda-ibilera ikasiaz

zurubian gora zihoazen;
eta irri zorrotzez eta saihets-so leunez
lagun genituen gure otoitzetan.
Goiz-haizea intzirika hasi zen;
gaua, milk, ez zen joaten;
itzal matazak harilkatu zuen
bere anezka handian azken albainuraino;
eta otoitzean ari ginelarik,
Eguzkiaren Zuzenbidearen beldur ginen.
Haize zinkurinatia
bahitegiko harresia inguratzera etorri zen:
altzairuzko txirringa itzulkari bat antzo,
minutuak narrasten entzun genituen art.
Haize zinkurinati hori!, zer egin ote genuen
horrelako etxezain bat edukitzeko?
Azkenik, langen itzala,
berunezko saré bat iduri,
nire ohol-ohearen aurreko
zurituan ageri zen last,
eta Jainkoaren goizaldi beldurgarria
non edo non gorria zela jakin nuen.
Seietan gure gelak garbitu genituen;
zazpietan Gold Zen Isilik,

baina hego ahaltsu batek bahitegia
betetzen bide zuen surmur eta dirdariz,
Heriotzaren Jauna, arnas-hotz,
sartua baitzen inor hiltzeko.
Ez zen sartu purpur apainez jantzia,
ez zaldi zuri arin baten gainean.
Hiru neurkin soka eta ohol lerrakor bat
ditu aski urkamendiak;
beraz, aitzindaria laido-lokarriarekin etorri zen
bere isileko ekimena betetzera.
Aizaro zikinezko lokatzean zehar
haztamuka doazen gizonak bezalakoak ginen:
otoitz bat hasperentzeko bekokirik ez genuen,
ez gure larria lasaitzeko;
bazen zerbait hilik gu guztiongan,
Itxaropena spins genuine.
Gizonaren Zuzenbide izua
badoa bere bidean barna, aldera gabe:
argala hiltzen du, indartsua hiltzen:
bere ibilbidea heriozgarria da-eta,
burdinazko orpoz sendoa hiltzen du,
ahaide-hiltzaile bihozgabea!
Zortziak jotzea igurikitzen genuen;
mingainak oro likits zeuden egarriz;

zortzietako dangada gizon bat ainen egiten duen
Halabeharraren dangada baita,
eta Halabeharrak badarabil urkabilur bat
gizon on eta gaiztoenarentzat.
Zeinuaren zain egotea besterik ez geneukan.
Eseri egin ginen, beraz, geldi eta isilik,
haran bakartuan harriak iduri;
bihotz guztiak, milks,
tintin ari ziren, arin eta jarraiki,
zoro batek jotako arrantza iduri.
Bat-bateko kaskaz
bahitegiko erlojuak air dardaritsua jo zuen,
eta etsipen ahalgabezko intziri bat
jaiki zen bahitegi guztitik,
zingira izutuek legendunen etzanguan
entzuten zuten oihua bezalakoa.
Eta amets baten leiarrean
gauza izugarrienak dakuskigun bezala,
habe beltzitutik eskegita zegoen
kalamuzko soka koipetsua ikusi eta
urkatzailearen bilurrak garrasi batez irato zuen
otoitza entzun genuen.
eta gizon hari

deiadar hain mingotsa eragin zion oinazea
eta haren erredura gorriak eta odol-izerdiak
inork ez zekizkien nik bezain ongi;
bizi bat baino gehiago bizitzen duenak
heriotza bat baino gehiago hil behar baititu. 4
Gizon bat urkatzen duten egunean
ez dago elizkizunik.
Apaizaren bihotza eriegi dago
edo bere aurpegia zurbilegi,
edo badu begietan idatzia
inork begiztatu behar ez duena.
Eguerditsu arte eduki gintuzten itxirik, beraz;
eta orduan ezkila jo zuten,
eta zaintzaileek gela guztiak ireki zituzten
beren giltza txirrintsuez,
eta burdinazko zurubian behera joan ginen
nor beraren Infernutik.
Jainkoaren egurats gozotara atera ginen,
ez, milk, ohi bezala;
gizon honen aurpegia zuri baitzegon beldurrarren,
eta horren aurpegia hauskara,
eta ez dut inoiz ikusi eguna
hainbeste lehiaz begiratu duen gizon betilunik.
Ez dut behind ere ikusi

bahitegikoek zeru diotsagun
urdin-txikiari eta burst,
askatasun zoriontsuz,
jitoan igarotzen zen edozein hodeiri
begi hain lehiatsuz so egin dion gizon betilunik.
Baina baziren gure artean
buru-apal zebiltzanak,
baitzekiten berena hartuz gero,
guztiak hil beharko zirela;
hark gauza bizi bat ez baitzuen hil,
haiek, aldiz, zendu bat hil izan zuten.
bigarrenez hoben dagienak
gogo hil bat iratzartzen baitu oinazerako,
eta bere hil-jantzi zikindutik idoki
eta berriz odolustarazten du,
eta odol tanta larriak odolustarazten dizkio,
eta alferrik odolustarazten.
Tximuak edo narritariak bezala,
gezi okerrez apainduriko jantzi nabarmenaz,
bagenbiltzan bira-biraka isilik
asfaltazko dances labainean barna;
bagenbiltzan isilik bira-biraka,
eta inork ez zegien hitzik.

Bagenbiltzan bira-biraka isilik,
eta gogo huts bakoitzean zehar
gauza izugarrien oroia erasotzen ari zen,
haize ikaragarri bat iduri;
eta Lazturak gure aurretik bide zegien,
eta Izua genuen atzetik narraska.
Bahitegi-zainak,
Jantzi Berriak Igandeetako Apainekin Zituztela,
buru-harro zebiltzan gora eta behera,
beren abere taldea begiratzen;
guk, ordea, bagenekien, beren oskietako kare-bizitik,
zelako lanean ari izanak ziren.
Hilobi bat aho zabal egon zen lekuan
ez baitzegoen hilobirik:
lohi eta hondarrezko gune bat soilik
bahitegiko last gorrotagarriaren ondoan,
eta latsun bizi metatxo bat,
gizon hark hil-jantzia eduki zezan.
Gizon gutxik eska lezaketen
hil-jantzia baitu zorigabeak barne-barnean;
bahitegi-baila baten pean,
larrugorri ahalke gehiagorako,
datza oinak bilurretan
eta garrezko izara beat bildua!

Eta anartean, latsun gartsuak
haragi-hezurrak jaten ditu;
hezur hauskorra jaten du gauez,
eta haragi biguna egunez;
haragia eta hezurra aldizka jaten ditu;
bihotza, ordea, jaten du etengabe.
Hiru urte luzetan ez dute han
errorik ez hazirik ereingo;
hiru urte luzetan leku madarikatu hori
elkor eta soil izango da,
eta zerou harrituari so egingo dio
erantzute gabeko begikaldu batez.
Giza-eraile baten bihotzak
erein edozein hazi ustelduko zuela uste dute.
Ez da egia! Jainkoaren lur ona
gizonek you baino hobea da,
eta arrosa gorria are gorriago garatuko litzateke,
eta arrosa zuria zuriago.
Haren ahotik arrosa gorri-gorri bat!,
haren bihotzetik zuri bat!
Nork esan lezake, ba, zein bide bakanez
kristok bere nahia agertzen duen,
erromesaren uhe lehorra
Aita Guren handiaren begien aurrean loratu zenetik?

Baina ez arrosa zuririk, ez gorririk
ez daiteke bahitegiko haizetan loratu;
harriak, legarrak, su-harriak
maten dizkigute have;
jakina baita liliek eztitu dutela batzuetan
gizon bakun baten etsipena.
Beraz, ez arrosa gorria, ez zuria
ez dira inoiz hosto-hostoka eroriko
bahitegi-horma likitsaren ondoan dagoen
lohi eta hondar gune honen gainean,
Jainkoaren Semea ororen alde hil zela
esateko dance dabiltzan gizonei.
Hala ere, nahiz eta nondik nahi
bahitegiko harresi likitsak inguratuta egon,
eta burdinetan dagoen gogo bat
gauez ibili ez badaiteke ere,
eta lur hain gaiztoan datzan gogoak
deny egitea besterik ez badauka ere,
gizon errukarri hori bakean dago
edo badagoke laster:
ez Da Hura Zoratu Dezakeenik,
ez dabil Laztura alderrai eguerdian,
ez baitauka Eguzkirik ez Ilargirik

hura datzan lur argigabeak.
Abere bat urkatzen den bezalaxe
urkatu zuten:
haren gogo izutuari atseden eman lezaiokeen
requiem bat ere ez zuten esan,
baina lasterka eraman
eta zulo beat ezkutatu zuten.
Apaiza ez da belaunikatuko otoi egiteko
haren hilobi laidotsuaren ondoan;
eta Jesukristok hobendunei eman
Gurutze donetsiaz ez du zantzutuko ere,
gizon hura baitzen
Kristok jaregitera etorri zenetako bat.
Baina ongi dago guztia; biziaren muga
berezietan gaindi igaro baizik ez du egin:
eta inoren negarrek beteko dute harentzat
Errukiaren ontzi aspalditik hautsia,
galduak baitituke erostari,
eta galduak beti ari will say negarrez.

5
Ez dakit Legeak bidezkoak direnetz.
bahitegian gautzanok
sendoa dela last
besterik ez dakigu;
eta egun bakoitzak urtebete dirudiela,

egun luzeak dituen urtebetea.
Hauxe badakit, milk:
lehenbiziko gizonak bere anaiari bizia kendu
eta gizarte hits hau hasi zenetik,
gizonek Gizonarentzat egin edozein Legek
alea boots eta galtzua biltzen du,
haizegile txarrenaren bidez.
Badakit hau ere —ai, balekite orok!—:
gizonek eraiki edozein bahitegi
ahalkezko buztinerrez eraikia dela,
eta burdin-langez inguratua,
gizonek beren anaiak nola oineztatzen dituzten,
Kristok ikus dezakeen beldurrez.
Burdin-langez maskaltzen dute ilargi ederra
eta eguzki onbera itsutzen:
eta on dute beren Infernua estaltzea,
ez Jainko-Semeek ez Giza-Semeek
behind ere ikusi behar ez lituzketen
gauzak egiten baitira hartan.
Egin zikinenak, iraka edentsuak iduri,
ongi garatzen dira bahitegiko haizetan;
Gizonaren ona, horixe
agortzen da soilik eta zimeltzen han.

Larritasun zurbila dago ate astunen zaindari,
eta Etsipena dugu begirale.
Gosearazten baitute mutiko izutua,
gau eta egun deny eragiten dioten art;
makala astintzen dute, tentela zehatzen, zaharra laidotzen;
eta zenbait zoratu egiten dira,
eta guztiak gaizto bihurtzen,
eta batek ere ezin hitzik esan.
Bizi garen gela estu bakoitza
iroldegi zikin, iluna da.
Eta Balbe biziaren arnasa kiratsak
burdin-sarezko leihatila mututzen du,
eta Irritsa ez, beste guztia hauts bihurtzen da
Gizatasunaren tramankuluan.
Edaten dugun ur gaziak
lohi nardagarri bat bosatzen du,
eta haztagetan haztatzen duten ogi garratza,
igeltsu eta latsunez beterik dago,
eta loa, etzan nahi ez duelarik,
badabil begi-izu eta Aldiari oihuka.
Baina nahiz Gose argala eta Egarri muskerra liskartu,
sugegorria sugetzarrari buruzki bezala,
axola gutxi digu janariak;
egunez goratu harri bakoitza

gauez gure bihotz bihurtzeak,
horrexek izozten du eta hiltzen etengabe.
Beti bihotzean gauerdia eta gelan ilunabarra,
txirringa-giderrari eragiten diogu,
edo Soka Urratzen Dugu,
zein bere Infernuan; eta isiltasuna
burdin-harizko joale baten soinua baino
askoz izugarriago zaigu.
Eta behind ere ez zaigu giza-ahotsik ondoratzen
hitz ezti bat guri esateko:
eta atean zehar kirika ari den begia
gogor eta errukigabea da:
eta guztiek ahaztuta, usteltzen ari gara,
usteltzen gogo-gorputzez.
Eta honeyla, Biziaren burdinazko katea
herdoiltzen dugu, txartu eta bakartuak:
eta zenbaitek birao dagite, eta zenbaitek deny,
eta zenbaitek aiotsik ez:
baina jainkoaren betiko legeak onak dira
eta harrizko bihotza hausten dute.
Eta gelan nahiz bahitegiko dance
hausten den giza-bihotz bakoitza,
Jaunari bere altxorra emanates eta,

legendunaren etxe satsua
akara bikainenaren hats-onez bete zuen
harako ontzi hura bezalakoa da.
Jan!, bihotzak hautsi eta
barkamenaren bakea irabazi dezaketenen zori ona!
Bestela, nola ondu dezake gizonak
bere asmoa eta bere gogoa hobenez garbitu?
Non, bihotz hautsi beat baizik,
sar liteke Kristo gure Jauna?
Eta eztarri ubel hanpatua
eta begi hil tinkoak dituen gizona
badago Lapurra Paradisuratu zuten
esku gurenen begira;
eta Jaunak ez du bihotz
hautsi eta garbaidun bat arbuiatuko.
Legea irakurtzen duen gorrizko gizonak
Hiru Asteko Bizia Eman Zion,
hiru aste labur
bere gogoaren borrokaz bere gogoa garbitzeko,
eta aiztoari eutsi zion
eskua edozein odol tantaz ikuzteko.
Eta odol tantaz ikuzi zuen eskua,
aiztoari eutsi zion eskua;
odolak bakarrik ikuz baitezake odola,

eta negarrek bakarrik osa dezakete:
eta Kainena izan zen orban gorria
Kristoren elur antzeko zantzu zuri bihurtu zen. 6
Reading bahitegian, Reading hiriaren villager,
ahalke-hobi Bat Dago,
eta badatza hartán
garraren hortzek jandako gizon errukarri bat;
izerkari gartsu beat datza
eta haren hilobiak ez du izenik.
etzan bedi han isilik,
Kristok hilei dei egin arte;
ez du alferrikako negarren
edo haizezko hasperenen beharrik:
gizon hark maite zuena hil zuen
eta horrexegatik hil beharra zen.
Baina gizon guztiek—entzun hau guztiok!—
zer maite eta hura hiltzen dute,
batzuek begi-zizta samin batez,
beste batzuek hitz leunkari batez;
koldarrak musu batez,
gizon bihoztunak ezpata batez!
1954

tibalt erregerena
Txorietan nagusi
erresinol eztia,
Tibalt gazte eta zoli
nafarren erregia.
orrileko goizean
—lora usain ta txalo—
heltzen dok iruñera
zaldi gainean harro.
eder gauan argia,
arantza artean loria,
herri osoa pozik
daukak heuri begira.
Sorterritik dakartzak
pozak hire begietan,
ezpainetan barre-irri,
kanta-nahi eztarrian.
Champagne landetako
burn with joy!
min izango jak, aurki,
nafar mahatsen juice!

baina euskalen lur hau
baizen ederrik ez dok,
koblari ikusi haute
mendi ta ibar berdeok.
Hire soinu gozoen
zain jagok Auñamendi,
bertan arro ta harkaitzak
lorak, edur, eguzki.
Bertan bere praises
Andre Euskera pinpina:
edurra baizen garbi,
latsa antzo soinugina.
Errege olerkari!,
ha emaztetzat hartu!
hire edermen kumeak
Basque muinetik sortu!
1935

udabarri goiza
Liliak zabaldu dauz bere orriak.
Ihintz-tantea orritik zintzilikatzen da.
Lilia esnazo daun eguzki argiak
Bitxi bihurtzen dau ihintz-tentea.
Haize lurrindatuak bitxia digi leunki.
Erlea ta olerkaria hurbiltzen will say,
Lehenengoa, beti lez, ezti gozo bila,
Bigarrena, beti lez, ederraren bila.
1923

urrundik
Joachim Du Bellayren «Heureux qui,
like Ulysses, a fait un beau voyage»
oinarri hartuta
Zorionekoa, bai, kanpoan ibilita,
gizon ta lur asko ezagun ezkero,
herrira itzultzen dena, zentzun onez jantzita,
beretarren artean bizia amaitzeko!
Ene, noiz ikusiko ditut nik ene herriko
sukalde zaharren kea, hondartza ta portua;
jaio nintzen etxea —nire atzerri aldiko
galtze osatu ezina—zegoen lekua?
Nahiago dut txikitan ibiltako bazterra,
Europako hiriburu nagusiak baino;
Sena baino atseinago nire Gobela alferra;
eta Ameriketako zoragarri gold
nire barne-begian ezertan ez ditut,
zu, Algorta goxo hori, oroitzen bazaitut.
Caracas, 1962

Joyce Kilmer
zuhaitzak
TREES
Uste dut ez dudala inoiz ikusko nik
zuhaitz bat bezain eder den poem lanik.
Lurraren bular joy, beti dariona,
bere aho goseaz hersten daun zuhaitza.
Beti Jaungoikoari begira dagona
ta abarrak, otoizteko, goratzen dauzana.
Udan, bere adatsan, txindorren had
erabili dagiken zuhaitz orritsua.
Bere adarburuan elurrak ein du lo;
euri zerukoagaz bizi da maitero.
Ni legezko zoroak gara poemagin,
baina zuhaitz bat Urtzik bakarrik daike egin.
1941

John Milton
zurekin hizketan
PARADISE LOST poemaren zati bat
Zurekin hizketan ahaztuten dodaz aldi
ta aro guztiak ta euren aldatzea;
guztiak atsegin dodaz bardin. Joy
da goizaren hatsa; enjoy da bere
igopena txori kantari goiztarren
zoragarriagaz; eguzkia pozkor,
lehenengoz lurralde gozatsu honetan
bere sortaldeko izpiak zabaltzen
dauzanean belar, zuhaitz, bihi ta lora
inontzaz disditsu denaren gainean;
urrintsua da lur jatorra euri-jasa
waver; ta gozo da arratsalde leun
harem heldutea; gero gau isila
bere txori bulur honekin, ta ilargi
eder hau, ta honek zeruko pitxiok,
bere hoist-laguntza. Baina, ez goiz-hatsa
txori goiztarrenen zoragarriagaz
igotzen denean; ez luralde eztitsu
horien gainean sortzen den eguzkia;
ez belar, bihi, lora disditsu inontzagaz;
ez euri-jasaren ondoko lurrina;

ez arrats leuna; ez gau isiltsua
bere txori bulur honekin; ez hoist
izpitsutan edo ilargi garbitan
eguratsa... ez da gozoa zu barik.
1942

Lecture Cycle (92 Total)
In charge of Dr. Vicente Amezaga Aresti
Episode 2.

CONFERENCE CYCLE
Chronological order
1) Pedro de ENBEITIA, the bard of Euskadi.- Presidente Alvear Theater, Buenos Aires, August 4, 1943.
2) OCTOBER 25, 1839.- Eusko Txoko, Buenos Aires, November 1, 1942.
3) BOGA, BOGA MARÍNELA.- Radio El Espectador, Montevideo, October 17, 1943.
4) ZABALA BRUNO MAURICIO.- Plaza, Montevideo, November I of 1943.
5) BASQUE LANGUAGE.- Paraninfo University of Montevideo, November 1943.
6) GERNIKA AND THE BASQUE LIBERTIES.- Salon of Fine Arts, Montevideo, 1943.
7) GUERNIKA TREE.- Colonia (Uruguay), September 10, 1944.
8) Francisco de VITORIA.- Auditorium of the University of Montevideo, August 26, 1946.
9) CURRENT URUGUAY.- Auditorium of the University of Montevideo, November 1947.
10) ABOUT THE BASQUE LANGUAGE.- Euskal Erria, Montevideo, December 5, 1949.
11) THE BASQUES "GENIUS AND FIGURE".- Moretti Gallery, Montevideo, December 7, 1951.
12) THE BASQUE SURNAMES.- Auditorium of the University of Montevideo, October 3, 1951.
13) FUNERAL SPEECH by Juan URAGA.- El Buceo Cemetery, Montevideo, February 22, 1952.
14) THE LAW OF OCTOBER 25, 1839.- Auditorium of the University of Montevideo, November 1952.
15) PLINIO THE YOUNG.- Auditorium of the University of Montevideo, 1953.
16) GONZALO DE BERCEO.- Auditorium of the University of Montevideo, April 23, 1953.
17) THE RENAISSANCE. PRINCE OF VIANA.- Auditorium of the University of Montevideo, July 6, 1953.
18) BERNARDO D'ETXEPARE.- Auditorium of the University of Montevideo, 1953.

19) ZUMARRAGA.- Auditorium of the University of Montevideo, May 27, 1955.
20) CAMPION.- Auditorium of the University of Montevideo.
21) PRO RESURGENCE OF THE BASQUE LANGUAGE.- Basque Center of Caracas, January 13, 1956.
22) MARACAY.- Macaray Basque Center (Venezuela), October 1956.
23) LOSS OF THE BASQUE LEGISLATION.- Basque Center of Caracas, November 11, 1957.
24) GALINDEZ.- Basque Center of Caracas, March 12, 1958.
25) LOSS OF THE BASQUE LEGISLATION.- Basque Center of Caracas, November 11, 1958.
26) JOSÉ ANTONIO AGUIRRE.- Basque Center of Caracas, March 22, 1961.
27) THE BASQUE LANGUAGE.- Basque Center of Caracas, June 14, 1961.
28) THE PREHISTORIC BASQUE MAN.- Basque Center of Caracas, May 17, 1961.
29) ORIXE. Nicolás Ormaetxea.- Basque Center of Caracas, September 13, 1961.
30) SHIPS AND NAVIGATORS. Basque Center of Caracas, November 3, 1961.
31) SABINO ARANA GOIRI.- Basque Center of Caracas, January 26, 1965.
32) LUCIO DE ARETXABALETA.- Basque Center of Caracas, August 1967.

Cycle of Classes on Basque Culture
Given at the Basque Center of Caracas 1961
Chapter 3.

1961-A GREAT WORK
The purpose of these Conferences organized by the Basque Pro-University Association was to give all Basques
the opportunity to acquire a solid knowledge of being a Basque national.
Given at the Basque Center of Caracas 1961
1.—THE EARTH. Primitive territory and current Basque soil. Zones and landscapes. .The mountain and the sea.
2.~PRIMITIVE BASQUE MAN. The Basque in pre-history. Franco-Cantabrian civilization; its scope and
characteristics of its survival in today's Euzkadi.
3.—THE HISTORICAL BASQUE MAN. Concept of the Basque through the Greeks and Romans, the
French and Spanish literature of the Golden Age; foreign travelers; characterological stage.
4.—THE AGRICULTURAL, PASTORAL AND MARITIME COMPLEX. Miners and Ferrones.
5.—OLD RELIGION. Basque calendar. Mythology.
6.—CHRISTIANITY; its introduction into the country. Sorcery. heterodox. Sense of Basque religiosity.
7.—THE BASQUE LANGUAGE: general characteristics; primitive area of the same; retreat of its borders
through the various historical vicissitudes. influences.
8.—THE BASQUE HOUSE; its ethnic and social role. Legal institutions derived from it; the trunk; the heir;
flower communication.
9.—THE FAMILY is the basis of Basque political democracy. The fire vote Other family-based institutions.
10.—EMIGRATION; roots and scope of this problem.
11.—THE SURNAME; its origin, classes and significance; Basque surnames in Venezuela.
12.—ANCIENT GUILDS AND FELLOWSHIPS; neighbor relations.
13.—THE autonomous and democratic MUNICIPALITY; its aspects in the different regions of the Basque country
from the origins to the present day.
14.—SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. Content of Basque democracy; sense of equality; reaction against the feudal
attempts of the Elder Kin. universal nobility.
15.—THE DISSOCIATIVE ELEMENTS: Oñacinos and gamboinos, agramonteses and beaumonteses,

sabeltzuris and sabelgorris.
16.—THE PEOPLE in the Roman, Visigothic and Arab periods: struggles and vicissitudes; unit. Sancho the Greater.
17.—STATE INSTITUTIONS. The Duchy of Vasconia;
19.—SEÑORÍO DE VIZCAYA; Shields of Guipúzcoa and Álava; their characteristics;

separation and mutual relations.
20.^LABURDI, ZUBEROA AND GENABARRA; own development; its links with France and England and its relations
with the southern Basque states.
21.—BASQUE LEGISLATION: Its written appearance in the different regions of Euzkadi; their fundamental character.
22.—BASQUE LAW: Basic institutions thereof; their origin, meaning and value.
23.—REGIONAL BODIES.—The General Meetings; organization and functions; other government agencies.
The Regiment and the General Council.
24.—INTERNATIONAL LIFE; treaties with England and maritime and commercial expansion
Basque.
25.—THE MEIDA AGE. The so-called unions with Castilla; its meaning and scope. Absorption attempts; four
homeland glories.
26.—THE RENAISSANCE. The conquest of Navarre; story of a perfidy
27.—THE BASQUES IN THE COMPANIES OF THE CROWN OF CASTILLA; precedents and development.
28.—THE BASQUES IN CASTILIAN LITERATURE; from Gonzalo de Berceo to the present day.
29.—THE BASQUE LANGUAGE; Bernardo Dechepare, the first poet in the Basque language; study of his work.
30.—PEDRO DE AXULAR, the greatest Basque prose writer. Study of his "GERO".
31.—THE PRINCE OF VIANA; image of his homeland and man of the Renaissance.
32.—THE COUNTER-REFORM. Ignatius of Loyola and Francisco de Xabier.
33.—DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. The Basques in the sea; whalers and cod boats.
Basque boats and maritime inventions.
34.—THE GREAT NAVIGATORS. Juan de Lacosa, Sebastián de El cano.
35.—THE RIGHT OF RECENTLY DISCOVERED PEOPLES; Francisco de Vitoria and his doctrine of International Law.
36.—THE MISSIONARIES. Antxieta, Azpilikuetas, etc.
37.—THE CIVILIANS. Juan de Zumarraga.
38.—THE FOUNDERS. Irala, Garay, Zabala.
39.—THE COLONIZERS. Urdaneta y Legazpí and the company from the Philippines.
40.—THE FIRST VOICES OF LIBERTY; Alonso de Er-cilla and Lope de Aguirre.

41.—THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. maritime development; The Bilbao Consulate. International projection
of its ORDINANCES.
42.—OVERSEAS COMMERCIAL COMPANIES; The Real Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas,

Summary of its activities and achievements.
43.—CULTURAL COMPANIES: The Basque Society of Friends of the Country; Peñaflorida and his
collaborators. Scope of the work carried out.
44.—XIX CENTURY. The French Revolution and its impact on continental Euzkadi. Loss of freedoms of these
regions.
45.—THE NAPOLEONIC DEED. Results of the same in the north and in the south
46.—THE SPANISH DYNASTIC QUESTION. The first Carlist war; sense of Basque intervention. Zuma 1
acárregui, the Basque genius of war.
47.—THE SECOND CARLIST WAR. Her CARACTERISTICS; loss of freedoms, survivals.
48.—Jose Maria de IPARKAGUIRRE; the wandering bard
49.—THE REACTION IN THE COUNTRY; fueristas and "euskalerriakos". Cultural and political attempts
at revival; Arturo Campion.
50.—SABINO DE ARANA GOIRI; roots, life, work and doctrine.
51.—BASQUE RENAISSANCE. Cultural aspect. Congress of Basque Studies. The Basque Studies
Society. The Language Academy.
52.—EPIC POETRY. precedents The poem "EUSKALDU-NAK" by Nicolás de Ormaetxea.
53.—POPULAR POETRY. The bertsolaris. The bard Pierre de Echahun.
54.—THE LYRIC. precedents and contemporaries. Xabier de Lizardi and his work.
55.—THEATRE. The "PASTORAL". Modern attempts at creation.
56.—THE BASQUE BOOK in Basque and Spanish; history, present and future.
57.—JOURNALISM, THE STORY, THE NOVEL; the translations.
58.—CULTURAL MAGAZINES; Work done and to be done.
59.—PLASTIC ARTS: music and dance; sports.
60.— THE FUTURE OF BASQUE CULTURE. From primary school to university. The Basque language of
culture

Basque Studies Congress
Vicente Amezaga Aresti
Chapter 4.

Given the brevity and fragility of life; Faced with the series of calamities and disasters of all kinds and that
threaten and close us from all sides, men have always moved in three fundamental directions: that of easy
and immediate pleasure within which we seek oblivion of torturous care:
"Dum loquimur, fugerit invido actas: carpe diem..."
as the most seductive apologist of this philosophical sect wrote: that of despair that can be both passive and
active, nihilism or annihilation and, finally, the Christian one, the one that accepts the struggle no matter how
hard it is, taking it in a transcendental sense of stage preliminary to a definitive existence. Or stick to the earth
or sink into the abyss or rise to the skies; those are, ultimately, our three possible attitudes.
As in men, so in towns. Because there are in the history of these terrible moments in which misfortune and
catastrophe present themselves in such a way, dominating everything, saturating everything, that society
shaken to its very foundations has to make, in one direction or another, a choice that cannot be apparently
unconscious is ultimately certain and decisive. Examples to illustrate the statement offer us in abundance the
pages of history.
Few are as dramatic as the one that the old Euskal Erria offers us in recent years. All the physical and moral
calamities seem to have rained down on her in these two tremendous decades.
In order for those calamities so terrible in themselves to make themselves felt with redoubled force, behold,
the memory of the lost good —which is like the very essence of pain— appears as an obligatory companion
to each one of its present evils, like the atmosphere own in which all of them move and harass him. And so
that you end up feeling them in a more bitter way, the awareness of suffering them against all justice. That
something helps us to bear our misfortunes, knowing that we are, in some way, guilty of them. But we do not
lack among this accumulation of evils something that, in a certain way, consoles us for them. It is the
unwavering resolution of the Basque people not to give in to banality or despair; to breastfeed all disasters
and manfully go to the very heart of the sore with the only remedy that remains because no one can take it
away from us. Faith. Our tradition and antecedents do not allow us another solution and we turn to it with a
hope that exceeds all the limits of our misfortune.
For years now no other lights have shone in the sky of our culture than those of the great bonfires fueled by
thousands and thousands of books whose only crime was that they were written in the Basque language or
deal with Basque themes. The persecution of our culture has been tenacious and relentless.
Was it that we were to renounce forever all hope of resurrection?
The Basques, wrapped in the ruins of the current homeland catastrophe and feeling that perhaps we find
ourselves on the brink of another even more catastrophic war, have decided no; that it is not possible under
any circumstances to renounce the fight in cowardly collective suicide. And they have organized as in the
happy days, with the robust faith and the unwavering hope of the happy days, a Congress of Basque Studies
that will hold its high culture sessions in the week of September 12 to 19 in Villa de Biarritz.
Yes, with the memory of the homeland in mourning and the sensation of a world that is creaking over our
heads, we will meet in Biarritz to study lovingly, zealously, with the

Thought placed on the rebirth of our land. A thousand times our task would be thwarted, many more
times we would return with the same zeal to gather the scattered materials of our solar house collapsed
by the hurricane of injustice, because ours is a thousand times holy endeavor.
Many men of science will accompany us in this Congress, many men of good will of all nationalities who
love our people and who feel their tragedy as their own. Many children and descendants of Basques who
are honored by the culture in these American homelands will stand out in this Congress.
And from this shore of the River Plate, the best of Uruguay will accompany us, the intellectuals who have
already sent their work to the Congress: the highest-ranking personalities and cultural institutions that
have made or will make their fervent adherence present to it. And the entire oriental people will be there
with us in spirit, as enlightened as they are brave, born to vibrate before every fight for justice and every
enterprise of culture; to extend his hand as a noble gaucho to those who, just like the Basque, fight for
the purest of causes: the freedom of his spirit that no one can ever subdue.
Vicente de Amezaga Aresti

National Commission for the Cuatricentennial

of the foundation of
Caracas
Cultural Works Committee
Chapter 5.

(Works published in this series).
PEDRO MANUEL ARCAYA U., The Cabildo of Caracas. Caracas, 1965. 159 pp.
MARCO AURELIO VILA, Caracas metropolitan area. Caracas, 1965. 163 pp.
VICENTE DE AMEZAGA, The Basque element in the Venezuelan eighteenth century- Caracas, 1966.
AQUILES NAZOA, The Humorists of Caracas. Caracas, 1966.
MERCEDES ALVAREZ, Don Simón Rodríguez as he was. Caracas, 1966
VICENTE DE AMEZAGA, Vicente Antonio de Icuza. Caracas, 1966.
CÁRLOS RAÚL VILLANUEVA, Caracas in three times.
IRMA DE LOVERA, Contribution to the study of the plans of Caracas.
HERMANO NECTARIO MARIA, History of the conquest and foundation of Caracas.
VALENTINE SPINAL, Diary of a exiled (1861-$186).
Series of monographs selected and directed by the President of the Cultural Works Committee,
MR. ALFREDO BOULTON, with the cooperation of the Secretary of the Committee, DR. PEDRO GRASSES, and
previous approval of the National Commission, integrated by the Governor of Caracas, DR. RAUL
VALES A, the Special Commissioner of the Presidency, DR. AUGUSTO MÁRQUEZ CAÑIZALES, and the
vocals, dr. TOMAS ENRIQUE CARRILLO BATALLA, President of the Economic Works Committee;
DR. JULIÁN FERRIS, President of the Public Works Committee; Gives. CARLOS EDUARDO FRÍAS,
President of the Civic Works Committee.
He acts as general adviser of the editions of the Committees of Cultural and Economic Works the DR.
PEDRO GRASES, Acts as Secretary General of the National Commission, MR. ANTONIO PADRON
BULL.
The series of monographic publications aims to collect material on various aspects
current and historical events of the life of Caracas, in order to make them available to scholars in
those disciplines and the visitors of our capital city on the occasion of fulfilling the
four hundred years of its foundation.

Given the brevity and fragility of life; Faced with the series of calamities and disasters of all kinds and that
threaten and close us from all sides, men have always moved in three fundamental directions: that of easy
and immediate pleasure within which we seek oblivion of torturous care:
"Dum loquimur, fugerit invido actas: carpe diem..."
as the most seductive apologist of this philosophical sect wrote: that of despair that can be both passive and
active, nihilism or annihilation and, finally, the Christian one, the one that accepts the struggle no matter how
hard it is, taking it in a transcendental sense of stage preliminary to a definitive existence. Or stick to the earth
or sink into the abyss or rise to the skies; those are, ultimately, our three possible attitudes.
As in men, so in towns. Because there are in the history of these terrible moments in which misfortune and
catastrophe present themselves in such a way, dominating everything, saturating everything, that society
shaken to its very foundations has to make, in one direction or another, a choice that cannot be apparently
unconscious is ultimately certain and decisive. Examples to illustrate the statement offer us in abundance the
pages of history.
Few are as dramatic as the one that the old Euskal Erria offers us in recent years. All the physical and moral
calamities seem to have rained down on her in these two tremendous decades.
In order for those calamities so terrible in themselves to make themselves felt with redoubled force, behold,
the memory of the lost good —which is like the very essence of pain— appears as an obligatory companion
to each one of its present evils, like the atmosphere own in which all of them move and harass him. And so
that you end up feeling them in a more bitter way, the awareness of suffering them against all justice. That
something helps us to bear our misfortunes, knowing that we are, in some way, guilty of them. But we do not
lack among this accumulation of evils something that, in a certain way, consoles us for them. It is the
unwavering resolution of the Basque people not to give in to banality or despair; to breastfeed all disasters
and manfully go to the very heart of the sore with the only remedy that remains because no one can take it
away from us. Faith. Our tradition and antecedents do not allow us another solution and we turn to it with a
hope that exceeds all the limits of our misfortune.
For years now no other lights have shone in the sky of our culture than those of the great bonfires fueled by
thousands and thousands of books whose only crime was that they were written in the Basque language or
deal with Basque themes. The persecution of our culture has been tenacious and relentless.
Was it that we were to renounce forever all hope of resurrection?
The Basques, wrapped in the ruins of the current homeland catastrophe and feeling that perhaps we find
ourselves on the brink of another even more catastrophic war, have decided no; that it is not possible under
any circumstances to renounce the fight in cowardly collective suicide. And they have organized as in the
happy days, with the robust faith and the unwavering hope of the happy days, a Congress of Basque Studies
that will hold its high culture sessions in the week of September 12 to 19 in Villa de Biarritz.
Yes, with the memory of the homeland in mourning and the sensation of a world that is creaking above our
heads, we will meet in Biarritz to study lovingly, zealously, with our thoughts set on the rebirth of our land. A
thousand times our task would be thwarted, many more times we would return with the same zeal to gather
the scattered materials of our solar house collapsed by the hurricane of injustice, because ours is a thousand
times holy effort.

Many men of science will accompany us in this Congress, many men of good will of all nationalities who love our
people and who feel their tragedy as their own. Many children and descendants of Basques who are honored by
the culture in these American homelands will stand out in this Congress.
And from this shore of the River Plate, the best of Uruguay will accompany us, the intellectuals who have already
sent their work to the Congress: the highest-ranking personalities and cultural institutions that have made or will
make their fervent adherence present to it. And the entire oriental people will be there with us in spirit, as enlightened
as they are brave, born to vibrate before every fight for justice and every enterprise of culture; to extend his hand
as a noble gaucho to those who, just like the Basque, fight for the purest of causes: the freedom of his spirit that no
one can ever subdue.
Vicente de Amezaga Aresti
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE QUARENTENARY OF THE CARACAS FOUNDATION

CULTURAL WORKS COMMITTEE
(Works published in this series).

PEDRO MANUEL ARCAYA U., The Cabildo of Caracas. Caracas, 1965. 159 pp.
MARCO AURELIO VILA, Caracas metropolitan area. Caracas, 1965. 163 pp.
VICENTE DE AMEZAGA, The Basque element in the Venezuelan eighteenth century- Caracas, 1966.
AQUILES NAZOA, The Humorists of Caracas. Caracas, 1966.
MERCEDES ALVAREZ, Don Simón Rodríguez as he was. Caracas, 1966
VICENTE DE AMEZAGA, Vicente Antonio de Icuza. Caracas, 1966.
CÁRLOS RAÚL VILLANUEVA, Caracas in three times.
IRMA DE LOVERA, Contribution to the study of the plans of Caracas.

HERMANO NECTARIO MARIA, History of the conquest and foundation of Caracas.
VALENTÍN ESPINAL, Diary of an exile (1861-$186).
Series of monographs selected and directed by the President of the Cultural Works Committee, DON ALFREDO
BOULTON, with the cooperation of the Secretary of the Committee, DR. PEDRO GRASES, and prior approval of
the National Commission, made up of the Governor of Caracas, DR. RAÚL VALES A, the Special Commissioner
of the Presidency, DR. AUGUSTO MÁRQUEZ CAÑIZALES, and the members, DR. TOMAS ENRIQUE CARRILLO
BATALLA, President of the Economic Works Committee; DR. JULIÁN FERRIS, President of the Public Works
Committee; Gives. CARLOS EDUARDO FRÍAS, President of the Civic Works Committee.
He acts as general adviser of the editions of the Committees of Cultural and Economic Works the DR.
PEDRO GRASES, Acts as Secretary General of the National Commission, MR. ANTONIO PADRON BULL.
The purpose of the series of monographic publications is to collect material on various current and historical aspects
of life in Caracas, in order to make them available to scholars in these disciplines and to visitors to our capital city
on the occasion of the four hundredth anniversary of its foundation.

Basque Cultural Week - Montevideo
Uruguay
October 30 to November 13, 1943
Vicente Amezga Aresti
Chapter 6.

May 1943 Bingen Ametzaga decided to accept the new responsibility of Organizing the Week
Basque
turning point in your life
On October 30, Basque Week began, the celebration of which would last until November 13.
As we have indicated, it was at the beginning of May when the first steps were taken regarding the organization
of the events of the Great Basque Week that would take place in November. Late very late. This undoubtedly
motivated events to unfold at breakneck speed during the months of September and October 1943.
Once the problem of the internal reorganization of the delegation has been addressed, the next item on
Aldasoro's agenda would be to have the definitive support of Euskal Erria and, therefore, with the majority
support of the company's board.
For this purpose, he traveled to Montevideo on May 9, 1943, the day of the celebration of the center's 31st
anniversary. In the session of May 25, 1943, the president of Euskalerria informed his peers that he had been
visited by the Delegate of the Basque Government in Argentina, Ramón María Aldasoro, in the company of
Juan Domingo Uñarte and Ricardo Gisasola, in order to inform him that planned to take place in Montevideo
various cultural events. After these first contacts and, without a doubt, after having the majority support of the
members of the board, the event was made public through an article inserted in the Euzko Deya in Buenos
Aires on May 30 under the title "Important initiatives are under development of extraordinary interest to our
community"
After almost a month of contacts between the Uruguayan delegation and the aforementioned representatives
of Euskal Erria, Euzko Deya announced on June 20 the celebration of a Basque Week in Montevideo and the
inauguration of Plaza Gernika. The Buenos Aires newspaper La Nación also published in its June 22 issue
the news about the celebration of a Basque Cultural Week in Uruguay. Four days later, on June 26, Enrique
José Mochó was elected president of the Euskal Urna society. Manuel Gortari Vice President, José Manuel
Iguain Treasurer and Pedro Arteche Secretary.
Barely five days later, on the first of July and, through the reproduction in the Euskal Brria magazine of the
article published days before in La Nación, the new board of directors and, with it, the whole of society,
definitively and officially bet on the organization of the events of the Great Basque Week.

Finally, on July 27, the Board of Directors of Euskal Erria, in the company of the Fiestas and Charity and
Education commissions, received Aldasoro who, regarding the organization of the projected Basque Cultural
Week, was spending a brief stay in Montevideo . The delegate, after listing the steps taken so far, requested
the collaboration of the institution, arguing that a society of such prestige could not remain unaffected by an
initiative of such magnitude. In view of the enthusiasm with which the proposals were adopted, Aldasoro
proposed to the board of directors that the organizing committee for the Basque Week be physically located at
the headquarters of the society. To this, Losé Manuel Iguain responded that, in addition to the venue, the
company should provide its support in everything that the organization of an event of such magnitude required.
Without a doubt, it was not difficult to obtain the support of Euskal Erria when the act fit perfectly with the very
fundamental objectives established in the statutes of the company,
1. Tend to carry out, around this Institution, the union of the Basque family spread throughout the country.
2. Maintain the traditions and customs of Euzkadi, promoting its beneficial influence
among all associates.(...)
3. Celebrate parties and encourage the practice of sports, especially cultivating those that are genuinely
Basques.
4. Rent or acquire premises necessary to comply with the preceding postulates.
5. Carry out a continuous propaganda of the Institution by all possible means that always tend to! magnification
of Euskal Erria and to the honor of the absent Homeland.
The Euskaro Español Center in Montevideo also collaborated actively in the events.
For this reason, on the 23rd, accompanied by Juan Domingo Uñarte, Julio Garra, Ricardo Gisasola, Aitor
Honnaeche and Pedro Arteche. Ramón Aldasoro was received by the directors of the Euskaro Español Center,
where he also requested collaboration for the planned festivities. Euskaro Español enthusiastically welcomed
the proposal, organizing an extraordinary festival for the month of September for the purpose of raising funds
to deal with the organization of the projected Basque Week. He was then president of the company Eulogio
Arín and Clemente Madoz vice president.
In this way, we can establish the official start date of the preparations on July 31, the day of the celebration of
the festivities of San Ignacio. Little had been advanced up to that date. The situation worsened even more
when in August Aldasoro suffered a stomach ulcer that kept him away from work for a long time.

Regarding the organization of the calendar of activities, the project proposed by Aldasoro at the meeting
on the 27th was very different from the program of activities that was finally going to be developed. In
principle it was a three-day event that, from October 30 to November 1, closely resembled the festival of
San Ignacio in 1942; inauguration of the act with a tribute to the president of the republic Juan José
Amezaga, main table in the cathedral of Montevideo, an exhibition of Basque art and folklore, inauguration
of Plaza Gerníka and a concert of sacred music. Events and, fundamentally, the spontaneous and
unpredictably wide support that the government and the political and cultural class of Uruguayan society
was going to grant to the act caused it to be delayed up to fifteen days. On the other hand, Plaza Gernika
would not be inaugurated until 1944. In any case, it is necessary to keep several issues in mind.
At the end of July 1943, the Basque government delegation in Buenos Aires already had the approval of
the President of the Republic and the Mayor of Montevideo, Juan P. Fabini. Likewise, the participation in
the events of personalities of Basque life in Uruguay such as José Iruretagoyena Anza or Father Pedro
Goikoetxea was also a fact even before the first managing committees of the Basque Week were
organized. In any case, a first draft of events would not be made public until September 30.
In August, the first three work commissions were organized: the executive commission, the finance
commission, and the art commission, and throughout said month new commissions and subcommittees
were created according to the new needs and demands of a constantly changing program. evolution and
expansion. Such is the case of press commissions or honor commissions. By mid-September, the five
main commissions had already been created. Julio Garra was elected president of the executive
committee, Rodolfo Gorriti and Juan Ibarra Aguerrebere vice presidents, Aitor Hormaeche secretary,
Enrique Berahu undersecretary and José Manuel Iguain treasurer. In addition to those mentioned, this
executive commission made up of 22 members was made up of the following: Ricardo Gisasola, Eulogio
Arín, Dionisio Garmendia. Miguel Báñales, Juan Domingo Uriarte, Luis V. Casatroja, Pedro Arteche,
Enrique J. Mochó. Arnaldo P. Parrabere and Manuel Gortari.
Most of them members of the Euskal Krria, although we also distinguish members of the Euskaro Club
of Montevideo.
Ignacio Garra, Juan Ibarra Aguerrebere and Aitor Hormaeche formed the finance commission "although
Luis San Martin, and Rodolfo Gorriti would later be appointed to such commission. José Bikandi was
elected, along with a large group of Uruguayan literary personalities , Emilio Oribe Coronel, José Zorrilla
de San Martín, Carlos Sabat Ercasty and the musician of Basque origin, Lauro Ayes taran, preside over
the art commission Arnaldo Pedro Parrabere, director of the magazine Euskal Erria was appointed
president of the press commission , of which Pedro Arteche and Bingen Ametzaga were part of. Finally,
Juan Domingo Uriarte, Pedro Arleche and Ricardo Gisasola formed the reception commission. In
September the Basque Youth Committee would also be organized, a commission made up mostly of
young Euskal members Erria.

Along with these commissions, women's commissions were also organized in each of the areas mentioned
above. María Ana Bidegarai Janssen was elected president of the executive committee and Blanca
Hormaeche and Concepción Ilurbey vice presidents. Maruja González, wife of Emilio Oribe, was appointed
president of the art commission, Elvira Parrabere, wife of Julio Garra, of Finance, and Pascasia Mendizabal
and Inés Bayne of Press and Propaganda.
Work schedules were also established. In this way, the fine arts commission would meet on Mondays;
the members of the executive commission and all the subcommittees dependent on it and, finally, on
Fridays the reception commission4"1. In addition to the aforementioned ordinary meetings, dozens of
meetings were held daily, mainly in the Euskal Erria in Montevideo and in the Laurak Bat of Buenos Aires.
The participation of the Laurak Bat was undoubtedly decisive in many aspects. Thanks to it, the
participation in the acts of the Laurak Bat choir was obtained
The Great Basque Week in Montevideo
At the same time, the dantzaris and txistularis of the aforementioned Laurak Bat collaborated in the festive
activities together with the dance groups of Euzko Txokoa and Acción Vasca, then under the direction of
Saturnino Salegui and Pablo Galdeano. Among txislularis, dancers and singers, various sources estimate
that about 300 people from Argentina participated in the acts, mostly members of the aforementioned
three Basque ceñiros from Buenos Aires.
In the work corresponding to the fine arts commission, the three Basque-Argentine entities also did a
great job when José Bikandi managed to gather a lot of 300 works of art for the exhibition of Basque art
that would take place in Montevideo. Along with them, we must also highlight the collaboration of the
French Basque Center of the River Plate capital. In addition to the Basque entities, Aldasoro achieved the
participation of the Association of Architects of Buenos Aires, and in its bulletin already made an appeal
to associated architects so that those who have Basque work and wish to contribute with their contributions
and indications, plans, designs , projects, etc.. can do it. For its part, the entity will provide those elements
that are considered necessary within its availability once the architecture section is outlined.
The pieces of art would be deposited until they were shipped to Montevideo in the premises ceded in turn
for this purpose by the Buenos Aires Association for the Encouragement of Fine Arts. Likewise, on
September 17, the Argentine-Uruguayan Cultural Institute, chaired by the famous Argentine architect
Martin Nocí, made public its participation in the events. I hasten to express the lively sympathy that our
feelings are so pleasing to everything that refers to the noble country of which you are prestigious
representative figures, having to add for what touches me personally that the spontaneity of adhesion is
accentuated even more if possible because of the Basque ancestry of which I am proud. You count,
therefore, fully with us for the! an auspicious event to take place, to which, if possible, a representative of
the Institute will attend, which I will reiterate:

Despite the scope of the participation of the Basque-Argentine entities, the Basque press limited itself at all
times to mentioning the "collaboration" that these centers offered to Euskal Erria, the physical headquarters
and true lung of activities, the veteran Basque entity has offered to the organizers its contest for everything in
which it can be useful. I have understood the resignation of the Center's Board of Directors that his
collaboration with the Basque movement falls within his mission and his work, already so prestigious, in favor
of Basque interests in America
On September 5, the Centro Euskaro Español in Montevideo organized the first Euskal Jaia on the occasion
of the Great Basque Week celebrations: ball games, fanfare, food for 250 diners, musical repertoire by Maria
Eugenia Mújica and dance at six o'clock in the afternoon until late at night.
Present at the event were María Ana Bidegarai Janssen and Mercedes Iribarren Gorostegi, representing the
women's organizing commissions. Julio Garra, Manuel Gurlari, Julio Caporale and Bingen Ametzaga
represented the men's commissions. The party ended with a more than generous collection to pay for the
events of the Basque Week. The event program included a brief article entitled "What will the Basque Cultural
Week be?
Many, if not all, have wondered and are wondering: What will the Basque Cultural Week be?
We will try to explain it in a few lines. The Basque week has been projected with two objects: e! to show our
own and strangers the spiritual concerns of the Basque, and to find ourselves. In this life not everything is
work, not everything has to be the conquest of the tranquility and material happiness of daily life. The Basque
is industrious, orderly, thrifty, we will return, for a few days, to relive in this generous land of peace that
shelters us, all the customs of our parents, all the songs, dances and customs of ourselves.
This will be the Basque Cultural Week, Art, folklore and Basque civilization. See us as we are.
To feel united by the same idea!, by the same heart, by the same end: the perfect knowledge of our race,
making it known by all the means at our disposal. And in recognition of those who gave us life, for feeling
proud of belonging to that race that "DOES NOT DATE", of that race whose origin is unknown, we must give
all our sincere support, all our personal effort, to this Week of Basque Culture
In line with what was pointed out in the previous chapter, Ametzaga participates in the organization of the
acts despite not appearing in the direction of any commission.
We have agreed with Mr. Altor Hormaeche, that everything related to the organization of these will be
communicated directly to him and to you, and to Gisasola regarding the activities of our Delegation in
Montevideo. We have an overwhelming work schedule. The engineer Urbano Aguirre has offered to provide
the necessary money for the expenses that we must make of the afflicting worries that the begging that I am
forced to exercise to fulfill the functions that are entrusted to me creates for me. I'm going to take care of
getting the ads for the paid program, which is getting a bit alarming proportions.

One of Ametzaga's main tasks as a new member of the Montevideo delegation was the preparation of
honor commissions, made up entirely of prominent members of the political and intellectual life of Uruguayan
society. In this sense, he had the invaluable help at all times of María Luisa Iribarne, member and president
for years of the women's commission of the Euskal Erria society and wife of senator Duncan Batlle Berres
from the Colorado party. which was the sister-in-law of the one who would be president of the nation for the
same party in 1947 and in 1955, on this second occasion as a member of the country's presidential college,
Luis Battle Berres. A family of great prestige and political weight throughout the first half of the century in
Uruguay, Luis Batlle Berres was also the director of Radio Ariel.
It is not surprising, therefore, that Radio Ariel was precisely the station responsible for the daily transmission
of the events related to the celebration of the events of the Great Basque Week or that it was the station
that broadcast the statements of the Lehendakari Aguirre Iras his reappearance in Montevideo in October
1941. In addition to those mentioned, all prominent members of the Batlle family, César, Lorenzo and
Rafael Batlle Pacheco, as well as members of the Colorado party, were part of the honor commissions. 75
men and 12 women finally made up both commissions of honor. In addition to the president of the nation,
Juan José Amezaga, signed their adhesion signature and, therefore, formed part of the commission, the
eight ministers of the Amezaga cabinet, José Serrato, minister of foreign affairs, Juan José Carbajal
Viclorica, minister of interior, Tomás Berreta Minister of Public Works, Adolfo Follé Joanicó Minister of
Education, Ricardo Cosió Minister of Finance, Alfredo R. Campos Minister of National Management, Arturo
González Bidart Minister of Livestock and Agriculture and Luis Mattianuda Minister of Health.
Married to Celia Álvarez Mouliá, the president's three daughters, Ana María, Margarita and María Asunción,
all of them, like their parents, members of! Euskal Erria, were part of the women's honoi commission. In
addition to the members of the government, participation in the acts and adherence to the commission of
honor of the mayor of Montevideo Juan P.
Fabini and Juan C. Gómez Folie director of! metropolitan city police service. As has been said, in view of
the support and adherence shown from the beginning, the Basque government delegation decided from
the outset to begin the festivity with an act of homage and frank gratitude to the Uruguayan government
that had received Lehendakari Aguirre in 1941 and 1942 and welcomed in 1943 with such enthusiasm and
dedication the acts of the Basque Week in Montevideo.
However, there are other aspects to take into consideration in order to assess the collaboration provided
by the country's government. In addition to Juan José Amezaga himself, at least two of the ministers in his
government were of Basque origin, Tomás Berrela, minister of public works and future president of the
nation, and Arturo González Bidarl, minister of livestock and agriculture.
Coincidences of life, Juan José Amezaga was a native of Basque emigrants from Getxo, specifically Juan
José, like Bingen Ametzaga, great-grandson of Juan Bautista Ametzaga Elordi (born in 1780) and María
Manuela Piñaga Leuro (born in 1779) being therefore their respective grandparents brothers, with this
country I fell on my feet in the intellectWalus and .facial circles.
Perhaps something influenced by the fact that when we arrived my distant relative, Dr. Juan José Amezaga,
was president

Parallel to the collaboration provided by members of the government and. Together with him, from the Colorado Party, the
country's leading political force throughout the first half of the century, the representatives of practically all the other political
forces in the state lent their help and expressed their adherence to the acts. Among many others, Dardo Regules, president of
the Unión Cívica Christian Democratic party and later senator and minister for said party; Tomás Breña deputy from the same
party; Emilio Frugoni, president of the Socialist Party; Juan Andrés Ramírez director of the newspaper El Plata; Eduardo
Rodríguez Larrela director of the newspaper El País.
Justino Zabala Muniz director of the Official Radioelectric Broadcasting Service
(SODRE). the state communication service; Raúl Montero Bustamante director of the Academy of Fine Arts; Ignacio Zorrilla de
San Martín, poet and writer of great renown; Monsignor Antonio María Barbicri, Archbishop of Montevideo and later Cardinal;
José Irurctagoyena Anza, professor of law at the University of the Republic and president, among many other entities, of the
Raneo Comercial and of the prestigious Rural Association and Rural Federation: Eduardo J. Couture Etchverry, dean of the law
school or, for Adolfo Berro García and Justino Jiménez de Arcchaga, director of the department of experimental phonetics and
phonology and professor of constitutional law at the University of the Republic, respectively. All of them would play a decisive role
in the development of the political and cultural activities of the Montevideo delegation after the events of the Basque Week.
A second task for Ametzaga in relation to the organization of the Basque Week and in the subsequent responsibilities related to
his duties as a member of the Montevideo delegation, was directing the Press Office and. more specifically, the writing section
and relations with the Uruguayan press. In order to comply with this task, this author wrote from the beginning of October 1943
until December of that year about thirty articles on various topics of Basque culture, mainly in El Plata, El Día, El País or El Bien
Público de Montevideo and in They were born from Buenos Aires.
From the beginning, both the Argentine press and, fundamentally, the Uruguayan press offered their collaboration in relation to
the dissemination of the preparations and. subsequently, the events of the Basque Week, one of the signs of the great interest
and sympathy with which the project has been received is the breadth with L/UÍ' all the Uruguayan press deals with! same. Daily
newspapers and magazines inferred publications revealing the details that are being outlined and the useful meaning of the
demonstrations. In this way e! The general public may have timely knowledge of the organization's work. This interesting
collaboration contributes greatly to highlighting the demos'
. It was essential for the achievement of the

objectives established by the delegation that the activities of the Week | Vasca and, later, the activities of the delegation in
Montevideo, had the greatest possible echo in the press.
We can anticipate that this objective was more than achieved. Indeed, the organizers had managed to bring together many well-
known personalities around the Basque community, which did not go by a day without the press dealing with the issue.

Basque music and lectures were broadcast daily by the most prestigious Montevideo radio stations, and
the newspaper El País regularly published articles by |Tellagorri. Ametzaga would call El Plata "my private
forum" since from 1943 Juan Andrés Ramírez, along with Dardo Regules and Bingen Ametzaga, met
weekly in the newspaper's newsroom to discuss, among other things. Related, as we will see, with the
organization of the American Christian Democratic Organization created by the civic senator and of which
the three were founding members. It is difficult to calculate the exact number of press articles from the
delegation or from the Huskadi Press Office (created from 1947) published by the newspaper El Plata
between 1943 and 1956, but without a doubt each and every one of them was published. . that came into
the hands of Juan Andrés Ramírez, some of them sent by Regules himself.
With regard to the rest of the newspapers mentioned, Ametzaga also obtained the collaboration of
Eduardo Rodríguez Larreta, . as a member of the National Independent Party, minister of government
and foreign affairs in the governments of the Colorados Juan José Amezaga, Tomás Berreta and Luis
Batlle Berres (1943-1947). A member of the management team was also Martín Aguirre, a native of
Basque immigrants and a regular collaborator with regard to the publications sent from the Montevideo
delegation.
Also the daily E! Día covered the news extensively, as it would also repeatedly cover on double pages
various events in the social and cultural life of the Basque community in Montevideo. Since El Bien
Pública is the organ of the Christian Democratic party Unión Cívica of Dardo Regules and Tomás Breña,
Ametzaga had no difficulty in publishing as many articles as he could get his hands on in said newspaper.
Furthermore, this newspaper would constitute, as we will have the opportunity to see, one of the most
heated scenarios of political struggle between those members of the most reactionary church and,
therefore, close to Francoism, and other sectors of the church close to the political approach of the
delegation of the Basque Government delegation in Uruguay.
Despite having the majority support of the country's largest-circulation newspapers, there were
newspapers that, undoubtedly due to the scant influence that the Francoist legation always displayed in
this regard, were reluctant to lend their support. Such is the case of El Diario in which Ametzaga even
refused to collaborate, which created some discomfort within the press commission,
It seems to us that you should not insist on the refusal to collaborate in "El Diario". I am sure that your
articles will be recognized for their content. What difference does it make, then, if they appear in one or
the other newspaper? It is evident that we cannot go against lux fait accompli. On the other hand, along
the way, you will undoubtedly have opportunities to write in magazines or newspapers that satisfy you
more. I think that a small explanation is necessary with Aitor (Hormaeche) in which you tell him that you
will collaborate to the extent and place that he does, as general secretary of the Vanea Week. see fit:
you should not spare it by even saying that we have advised you in this regard.
The truth is that, since Ametzaga decided to accept the new responsibility in the delegation in May 1943,
he began to write extensively and with a certain echo in the Argentine press first and then in Uruguay, I
read with great interest and admired his preparation and taste trying! Castillo de Maríiartu y del exile, in
whose articles I appreciated his affective finesse and his verse in Castilian classics. His reviews of my
"Travellers" are the ones I appreciate most of all, because they are moved by a similar spirit to mine, they
enrich the text in a similar way to mine for a second edition, and they have taught me various things433.
Ten days later, praise again the

Basque critic the content of various articles written by Ametzaga in this period, I begin by congratulating
you on your latest article on Avala and her nephews, (...) You write very well e! Spanish and he knows
how to specify the issues perfectly: you already know that the so-called journalistic style that is lightness
and lack of mud or else I don't like even remotely. (...) It seems to me that they paint me as a demanding
ogre in literature.
Along with writing newspaper articles, Aldasoro asked Ametzaga to continue with the cycle of lectures
that began in the southern autumn of 1943. Five of those offered by the author between October 15 and
November 3 have been preserved: "Pedro de Enbeita, the popular Basque poet", in the auditorium of the
University of the Republic on October 15; "Boga, boga, marinela", on radio El espectador on October 17;
"Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, founder of Montevideo", in Plaza Zabala on October 30; "Guernica and
Basque liberties", at the SODKH on November 3, and "Los Fueros Vascos", at the plastic arts auditorium
on the same day, November 3. Given their success, Ixaka López Mendizabal commented on the idea of
including them all in one volume and publishing them in L:KIN with Andrés Irujo. The latter thought it was
a good idea and contacted Ametzaga through Telleixcü. Fulfilling the order you gave me through
Telletxea, I am attaching a copy of my speech to Eii-ko Deya. You will know that I have written it with an
almost new Underwood laptop that for a few days now has become my exclusive use. You will understand
that I am happy about it because it is always an incentive: I was remembering today that following a
speech that I gave in Euzko Txokoa on that topic "October 25, 1859", Ixaka told me about publishing it in
one of the volumes of £ X7A'435. Nevertheless, we would have to wait twenty-five years until the said
spine saw the light of day with the title of El hombre vasco, published by EK1N in 1967. In any case, one
more fruit of the Basque Week.
Also the radio stations collaborated in the diffusion of the preparations of the Week, the stations also
contribute for their part to intensify the existing atmosphere of cordial adherence, since they very
frequently broadcast news and references as well as glosses of the acts in preparation.
It is deeply appreciated this totally spontaneous adherence of the Uruguayan press and radio stations,
which from e! In the first moment and without any need for encouragement, they have contributed their
efforts to the work of the Basques and their friends. Some of the stations included daily spots, by CX 4
Directorate of Agronomy every day of. 12:15 to 12:30 and from 19:30 to 9:45; CX ¡O Radio Ariel, Monday
and Thursday at 5:00 p.m.; CX 14, The Spectator. Sundays at 12:15 p.m. and Thursdays at 2:30 p.m.;
CX 16, Radio Corve, Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Sundays at 9:30 a.m. and Thursdays at 10:30 p.m.; CT $
Radio Libertad, Tuesday and Friday at 5:00 p.m. and CX 42 Radio Acreilam, every day from I?: 30 to
3:45 p.m. Such is the case of radio Ariel which, as we have indicated above through the intermediation
of María Luisa Iribarne, who offered a session dedicated to Basque Week every Monday and Thursday
as well as special sessions, such as those on the 22nd and 29th of October. In the first, in addition to
listening to the piano repertoire by Victoria Schemni, María Ana Bidegarai Janssen and Matilde Ibáñez,
the latter's wife of José Batlle Berres, spoke on ethnography, art and Basque folklore. On October 29 it
was the turn of María Luisa Iribarne herself, who informed the listeners about the final preparations for
the Basque Week. Undoubtedly, the work of the art commission headed by José Bikandi, professor at
the time, was also commendable. of the famous School of Fine Aries. The number of works of art
selected, collected and transported to Montevideo from Buenos Aires became so large that two
subcommissions had to be created, one headed by the Buenos Aires architect Félix Loizaga, a member
of the Lavrak ña(4í* and the second by by the architect Carlos Cueullu, who was in charge of the Album
of the Week.From the beginning, the Basque art exhibition was one of the central acts of the celebration,
so on September 20 Bikandi traveled to Montevideo to meet with Raúl Montero Bustamanle , president
of the National Commission of Culture of Montevideo in order to obtain

This includes free use of the Salís theater exhibition halls.
The collaboration provided by Montero Bustamante, a native of Basque immigrants from Porlugalete, would
extend during the thirteen years of work of the Basque delegation in Montevideo, and! Mr. Montero
Bustamante conveyed to Mr. Bikandi said invaluable collaboration, and informed of the scope of said artistic
demonstration (¡iti> is being prepared), he highly praised the initiative and the criteria that informed it. He
also demonstrated, once again, anie the traveler the interest that the things of the Basque town deserve and
expressed his confidence that the exhibition must contain great artistic value.He offered to give the
appropriate orders so that the halls of the National Culture Commission be arranged in the most convenient
way to those interested, works that are going to be exhibited and offered, once again, his personal contest.
At the same time, it was decided to put out the advertising poster for the Basque Week, the Montevideo
propaganda subcommittee has decided to provide the festivities with a poster announcing the events that
will be posted on the streets and in Ion ceñirás and establishments in Montevideo. For this purpose, a
contest will be organized in which Uruguayan artists who wish to do so may participate*4*. The painter
Carmelo Arzadun. the architect Armando Matos and Luis A. Fayol, director of the National Tourism Office of
Uruguay, made up the court. On October 10, the name of the winner was announced, Omar Zunino who
delivered the work entitled "Euzkadi". The sketches by JP Costigliolo and Emilio I, Fugassa also deserved a
mention by Eparte del tribunal. All the submitted works were exhibited at the Euskal Erria society.
Likewise, Euzko Deya and the League of Friends of the Basques of Buenos Aires, had printed in the
workshops of Sebastián de Amorrortu and sons a large year and profusely illustrated magazine that had 112
pages. On its first page was the dedication to the Uruguayan President Juan José Amezaga Ibarra.
Conceived and directed by Carlos Cueullu, José Urbano Aguirre, among others, had collaborated. Koldo
Lugones, Carlus Sabat Ercasty, Ixaka López Mendizabal, Joxe Mari de le, Pedro Basaldua, Dirigen
Ametzaga, Enrique de Gandía, José León de Jegui, Santiago Cunchillos and Manterola; being the cartoonists
Néstor Bazlerretxea and Félix Muñoa. Ultimately, it is necessary to highlight the work carried out by the
women's commissions, which took care of making in just two months the costumes for nearly one hundred
boys and girls who would make up the chorus of practically all the ones that were going to be celebrated.
That work, in addition to converting the Basque Country for two months, constituted a real research task
since from the beginning an attempt was made to make costumes typical of the rasco folklore of the various
territories, valleys and towns of Euskal Herria. For this, several experts from the Basque centers Euskal
Erria, Fuskaro Español and Laurak Bat gathered. Among the costumes, it is worth noting the success of the
roncales and roncalesa dress typical of the Duranguesado, thus taking their own designs that also had a
place in the celebrations. Such is the case of the ten Mikeletes costumes and the poxpoíiñas dresses with
the colors of the ikurriña designed by these women, the task of making regional dresses for this battalion of
young Danízañs began. An attempt was made to change the image of the typical costume feminine of the
poxpolina, a scarlet red skirt with bands of black trimmings, a black bodice and a white blouse, giving it the
bright colors of the Ikurriña: intense red skirts and emerald green bodices, while the white blouses were
populated with lace cuffs and necks. It goes the handkerchiefs, it was graced with more storied ties.
As a novelty, the typical costumes of the Roncal Valley, in Navarra, were presented, very lavish, cloth.
embroidered with colored flowers and silk threads. After the, acts, these costumes were used by the members
of the choir and the new group of txistularis that would be born from the constitution of the new Culture
Commission.
Once the preparations were finished, all that remained was to make a general appeal and the participation of

everyone in all the scheduled events, which was done through the circular sent to the members of the
various associations participating in the festivity, we hope that this Week of Basque Culture, whose
program we attach, finds among the Basques and the descendants of the Basques, warm and fervent
support that demonstrates the deep racial spirit that animates us. That is why we urge you to attend,
together with your relatives, all the scheduled events, where, at the same time that you honor them, you
will enjoy deep emotions typical of our land .
By virtue of the oral testimony of Mercedes Iribarren, after two months of days without nights, the fervent
activity that the Euskal Erria had boiled over for two long months gave rise to the exhausting activity of
the acts. The unexpected majority and determined participation of the partners and the equally
unpredictable participation and collaboration of the media, the government and, in general, Uruguayan
society, turned the initial project of the Argentine delegation, lasting only three days , in a fifteen-day
Basque Week of dense cultural, social and political activity, an unprecedented event in the history of
Basque nationalism in Uruguay.

"A week of fifteen days"
On October 30, Basque Week began, the celebration of which would last until November 13. Despite this,
several events took place at the beginning of October, just before the busy schedule that would take place
at the beginning of next month. Among these previous events we can highlight the radio talks in the middle
of the month. The cycle of radio conferences was opened by the vice president of the Organizing Committee
Rodolfo Gorriti lecturing on the meaning of the festivity on CX 16 Radio Carve; Bingen Ametzaga continued
by reviewing the history of the Basque people through the reinterpretation of the song Boga, boga, marinela
in the CX 14 El Espectador studios; Mrs. Matilde Ibáflez de Batlle Ferres, wife and mother of those who
would later be both Presidents of the Republic, referred to the Basque language
Radio Ariel; María Luisa Eribarre de Batlle Ferres would close the cycle, who in a few words managed to
summarize better than anyone else the remarkable success of what would go down in history as "The
Great Basque Week of 1943", I am going to start by echoing the surprise that caused this movement of
ours, which has truly revolutionized the entire country. Quite a few people have told me already: "It didn't
seem like there were so many Basques in Montevideo." And, at the Parque Hotel, in the aftermath of the
cocktail that we celebrated a couple of Sundays ago, the manager told me that he could not remember
having ever sold so many tickets for a similar party.
On October 6, 1943, an act of homage to Julio Guaní, president of the supreme court of justice of Uruguay
and of the honorary commission of the Basque Week, took place in the Laurak Bal society in Buenos Aires.
Dr. Guaní was accompanied by the ambassador of the Republic of Uruguay in Argentina, Eugenio Martínez
Thedy, Héctor Gerona, vice president of the ROU and Martín Noel, president of the Argén ti no-Uruguay
Cultural Institute. The act consisted of a banquet, music and dances by the txistularis, poxpolinas, spinners
and dantzaris.
Ramón María Aldasoro then offered a conference to which Guaní spontaneously responded, I admire you
for your serenity and for your suffering carried with integrity and because this America is made of you,
which is your daughter and like you defends the spirit of democracy^4.
On October 9, a ball demonstration organized by the society's ad hoc committee took place at the Euskal
Eirria in Montevideo and, the following day, a party with a banquet for 200 people, talks, dances and a
procession on the grounds of Malvin. On the occasion of this event, about 300 people met in Malvín out of
a total of 600 members, who were the number that the company had in 1943. Therefore, a success of
participation. Five days later, on October 15, the conference given by Bingen Ametzaga on the Basque
bertsolari Pedro Enbeita took place.
Urretxindorra.
It was an express request from Aldasoro and other organizers of the Basque Week and in fact consisted
of a repetition of the conference offered by Ametzaga at the Teatro Alvear months before, the Basque
Cultural Week in Montevideo had as a preamble a conference by Dr. Vicente Amezaga held in the
auditorium of the University on October 15, in which he spoke about the figure of the popular Basque poet
Pedro de Enbeita, of whom he sang some verses.
He highlighted how Enbeita, as well as an inspired artist, was one of the most effective spokespersons for!
basque national movement
Two days later, on November 17, the festival of San Miguel was celebrated in Euskal Erria, as every year.
The events, which took place at the Parque Hotel, lasted from one in the afternoon until well after nine at
night. As on previous occasions, the festivity allowed choirs, groups of poxpolinas, spinners, dantzaris and
txistularis to rehearse. He

The event, organized by the society's youth committee, was headed by Celia Álvarez Mouliá, wife of the
President of the Republic Juan José Amezaga and Maria Ana Bidegarai Janssen.
Finally, on the 18th of the same month, the last celebration before the start of the Basque week took place.
This time the event consisted of a meeting of the heads of the event at Radio El Espectador in Montevideo,
each of whom, received by the director of the station, Dr. Caporale Scelta, gave a brief speech on various
aspects of the events to be held at to start on November 30, after Je e.itox two preparatory acts and a
series of talks on the radio, held daily and some of which included the Basque doctors Aldasoro and
Amezaga and the Uruguayans Gorrín, Zorrilla de San Martín, Mochó and Zubillaga; Mr. Iguain and Mr.
Telletxea and Mrs. Mana Ana Bidegaray de Jansen, María Luisa ¡riharne de Batlle ¡ierres, Dr.
Cciceres and Engineer Garmendia, we entered the b week arbitrarily so called, since it began on October
30 to be closed on November 1344''.
On November 27, the first travelers from various parts of America began to disembark in the port of
Montevideo to attend and participate in the events of the Basque Week. In addition to the hundreds of
young people from the Basque centers Laurak fía!, Euzko Txokoa and Acción Vasca de Buenos Aires as
txistularis, dantzaris, members of various choirs, representatives of the different Basque centers from the
continent also arrived day by day at the Uruguayan capital. The visitors were received by groups of
txislularis, dantzaris and escorted by the group of Mikeletes from the Euskal Erria to the society's
headquarters on Calle San José, so the arrival of the travelers became a festive and colorful act of the
Basque Week. Especially emotional was the reception of the ship Washington, which, coming from Buenos
Aires, arrived at the port of Montevideo hours later, on November 30, with dozens of young txistularis,
dantzaris and members of the Laurak Bal. The Kepa brothers, Bonifacio and Jaime Aretxabala from Chile,
witnesses of this reception in the port of Montevideo, wrote in the Euzkadi magazine of Santiago, The Great
Week of Basque Culture! Triumph for its organizers, and an enduring tribute to the Basque Country! The
whole of Montevideo was in the street, to applaud the passage of the "dantzaris", "emakumes", orfeonistas,
"dantzaris txikis", in short, everything that reminds us of those great parties that were held in such a beloved
homeland in times of bonanza
All the acts without exception aroused the attention of the media; However, after the arrival of the
delegations from Argentina and Chile, the headlines in the newspapers grew exponentially. "Tonight there
will be a great Basque folklore show in the Sodre44íi in honor of the first magistrate", announced the
newspaper La Razón44"1, in a headline that included six of its eight columns; "With regional costumes and
singing sweet songs from the land , the Basque Delegation arrived from Buenos Aires", added the same
newspaper in its inside pages; "They are coming to meet in Montevideo. A large contingent of Basques
arrived this morning", it announced, also in six columns and with a profusion of photographs. El Diario ;
"The festivities of the Basque Cultural Week began successfully", reported El Plata in its October 31 edition;
"The inaugural festivities of the Basque Week gave rise to singularly colorful acts", inserted La Tribuna
Popular that same day And so, day after day, the main newspapers in the Uruguayan capital covered the
event with true enthusiasm, although, of course, there would be discordant notes.
On Saturday, November 30, the events of the Basque Week began, as we have indicated above. The date
was chosen to commemorate the approval of the law abolishing the Basque privileges, a symbol of the loss
of the country's liberties and its incorporation into the Spanish state. At 6:30 p.m. the Basque art exhibition
was inaugurated at the Museum of Fine Arts of Montevideo

with the assistance of the president of the nation, Juan José Amezaga, the interior minister Juan José
Carbajal and the president of the supreme court of justice and of the honor commission of the Basque
Week Julio Guaní. After hearing the Uruguayan and Basque anthems, the Lagun Onak choir sang the
Gernikako arbola. Then Julio Garra and María Ana Bidegarai Janssen, respectively presidents of the
male and female organizing committees of the Basque Week, officially opened the exhibition and, with it,
the celebration of the Basque Week itself. Julio Garra expressed in his speech the sense of the initiative,
that everyone sees in this magnificent Basque Cultural Week that begins today, e! germ of new and vast
companies and that the Basques will always be, as they have been throughout the centuries, a living
lesson in austerity. May they live in this hospitable and pleasant land of Uruguay - an oasis of peace and
blessing - more united than ever, maintaining our traditions inspired by the highest love and the deepest
fraternity.
Almeida Pintos, director of the education department, then read the speech by the education minister
Adolfo Folie Joanicó, followed by speeches by José Urbano Aguirre, president of the Argentine Basque
Pro-immigration Committee, and José Iruretagoyena452. Urbano Aguirre spoke about the Basques
throughout history and their presence in America, ending his exposition with a few words about the
virtues of the Basque people, we love the Basques not only because we revere our ancestors: we love
them because we know of their self-sacrifice and of! stimulus that signifies for the young peoples the
adherence and affection of the ancient races.
We love them because they have taught us by their example to defend freedom and dignity, which is
ultimately a shining page of Spain and France, often confused with ours. because we feel the pain of
their misfortunes and participate in the emotion of their joys, because when we turn our eyes to! old
continent, where faith and optimism fail, our absorbed pupils collect those paintings full of light that the
poet of this land, Julio Herrera y Reissig, parades in the prodigy of Basques. We love them in reality and
in dreams and it even seems that we always saw them as in the triplets chiseled by your poet:
Whether it dances or laughs, whether it roars or sings. In the fight or in the brawl, nobody dares to be
rude. No one rules such a noble rebellion as he! basque And about that lionic majesty that borders him
His beret of courage bursts! Like helmet. That I had the tassel as a lit wick!
José Iruretagoyena spoke about the meaning of the Basque fueros from the legal and political
perspectives, ending his exposition with a petition addressed to the president of Euskal Erria, January 1, 1944.
The choice made by the organizers is curious, since Iruretagoyena not only sympathized with the
l'ranquista uprising, but was also a member of the fascist organization Unión nacional Española de
Montevideo. of the republic present there, the Basques, gentlemen, do not conceive of a healthy, pure
mida. pure, vigorous, honest and promising, without associating it in its spirit with the traditional procerity
of oak.
That is why the fortress of the jungles symbolizes the glory of its democratic institutions, and that is why I
am also sure, Mr. President, that you would betray your uncle at this moment, telling him that they
fervently yearn for you to provide the country with a government that has something of the oak, strong as
its flame, start eating its shadow, pure as its morning effluvia and adhered to the law as its roots a soil
With a tour of the exhibition, the act was considered closed at 20:30. As has been said, the exhibition
brought together a total of 200 works of art including oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, sculptures,
ceramics and even old pieces of Basque furniture. The show included works

by authors of the stature of Arturo Acebal Idígoras, Juan de Aranoa, Bienabe Artia, Ramiro Arrue, Néstor
Bazterretxea, José de Bikandi, Mauricio Flores Kaperotxipi, Juan León de Cruzalegui, Nicolás de Mújica,
Olasagasti. Ángel Cabanas Oteiza, Félix Pascual, Clemente Salazar Echeverría, the Zubiaurre brothers,
Ignacio Zuloaga, A. Ituarte Pagoaga, Adolfo Apoila and Gustavo de Maeztu
An hour later, at 9:45 p.m., the act in honor of President Amezaga began at the SODRB. Also present on
this occasion were Juan José Amezaga himself, Julio Guani, Juan José Carbajal Victorica and the Minister
of Education Adolfo Folie Joanicó. The President attended the anointing from its beginning to the end,
already at dawn, giving constant signs of approval and repeating some numbers to the pleasure that he
showed. (...) The theater seemed completely full of spectators who fervently applauded the popular songs
and dances from the different regions of Euzkadi that were interpreted by artists who number around 220
and are, for the most part, political refugees. After the interpretation of a repertoire of Basque songs by the
choirs Laurak Bat and Lagun Onak, performances by various groups of txislularis and dantzaris from
different Basque centers in Montevideo itself, Buenos Aires or other parts of the American continent took
place. They performed and danced, among other pieces, the masquerade and the famous Ezpatadantza
from the opera Amaia by Jesús Guridi,
The country's press as a whole echoed the event the next day, said the writer D. Adolfo de Larrañaga, "the
orchestra braids its lace and the polyphony as a whole weaves the reason that is present. The txistu sounds
and there they leave the heroes in this second act of Guridi's colossal opera "Amaya". There is an emotional
silence in the room, no one imagines that some names whose costumes have the patina of centuries and
the pattern of wolves, can dance like this. The event ended at one in the morning.
In line with what was mentioned in the previous chapter, undoubtedly spurred on by the Francoist legation,
some media such as La Mañana or El Diario did not hesitate to criticize some aspects of the different
events. Thus, for example, the newspaper La Mañana in its edition of the 31st, referring to the show that
had been carried out the night before in the SODRE Auditorium Study, said. minor art mostly, belonging to
folklore, is what said group offered us. Minor art formed by songs and dances and interpreted with more will
'The Uruguayan press published extensive extracts from the speeches: specifically El Piala offered on
October 2, in its entirety, the one offered by José Irurclagoyena "That the trunk returns to the trunk and the
root to the root" of about six typed pages in length.
The Spanish delegate Aguiar was obliged to send a telegram to Madrid on November 3, hiding as best he
could the political charge that the act oozed from all sides, started Week called Basque arrived Basque
delegations Argentina Chile made up about 300 people among which Ramón Mana Aldasoro. Until now, it
has programmed events that take place in an environment that, even having a background of separatism,
excludes all demonstrations and stridencies of a political nature. President of. the Republic presided over
the inauguration of the exhibition, paintings by Basque painters, authorities assisted in folkloric
performances. Series of conferences that begin today refer to Basque music, law, art, etc.
On Sunday, October 31, the celebration of the high mass took place in the cathedral of Montevideo. Fathers
Emilio Agirrezabal, Ignacio Ari/timuño and Pedro Goikoetxea officiated. It was a sung mass. The hymns
and songs were performed by the Lagun Onak choir and the Laurak Bat txistuiaris and dancers offered a
short repertoire of Basque dances ending the act with an Aurresku. With Juan P. Fabini, mayor of
Montevideo, at the helm, those there

assembled walked the path between the cathedral and the Plaza de la Independencia on foot under the
ikurriña and the flag of the republic, at the exit of the mass, the attendees, preceded by the happy
txistuiaris and a group of young people who marched dancing through The streets of the city (a spectacle
never seen here and witnessed by the people with total sympathy), went to the Plaza de la Independencia
where the homage to the Artigas took place. The choirs - some one hundred and fifty voices - accompanied
by the Montevideo municipal band, performed the Uruguayan and Basque hymns
' .
Arriving at the foot of the monument, Ramón M" Aldasoro and Jaime Anexábala, representatives of the
delegations of Argentina and Chile, made a crying offering. The band of the Military School of Uruguay
and the band of the city council played the hymns of Euskadi e Uruguay and the Lagun Onak choir sang
the Gernikako arbola by José María Iparragirre.Then Rodolfo Uorriti spoke about the privileges of
Bizkaia.The act closed with a spectacle of Basque dances, fandango and jotas.After the banquet, at 6:00
p.m.: 00 the musical show took place at the SODRE once again by the Lagun Onak and Laurak Bat choirs
accompanied by the txistuiaris and danlzaris bands.Afterward, dinner was held at the Euskal Erria society
in honor of the delegates, where they could also listen again the guests to the choirs and bands of the
various Basque-American centers.
On the first of November, at 11:00 in the morning, the tribute to Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, founder of
Montevideo, took place. The Lagun Onak and Laurak Bat choirs congregated in the Zabala square of the
capital, as well as the bands of txistuiaris and dantzaris who, from the Euskal Erria society to the place of
the act, made their way through the streets of the city to the sound of the various Basque melodies
escorted by the Mikeletcs.
There, Bingen Ametzaga spoke about "the Basque Zabala", Bruno Mauricio de Zabala: we all owe him a
lot. Montevideo its existence: Uruguay its capital: America one of its most beautiful cities; the world has a
magnificent port; the Basques, your compatriots, a warm and endearing home that has welcomed and
continues to welcome the Basques with a special love that only with special love can we Basques pay
for. Rébolo Botto, on behalf of the city council, thanked the Basque-Uruguayan community and the
Basques from other American states for organizing this act while highlighting the great Basque heritage
in America, we recognize something else: the city is indebted to the sons of the Basque Country of many
plausible efforts, creators of social wealth and builders of an ethical heritage, integrates collective morality.
In Basque immigration, produced in the last century and the beginning of the present, the existence of a
human current dedicated to work, which has lived with marked dignity, the principles that govern social
organization, must be recognized. (...) Let's hope that the triumph of the principles that have been so dear
to contemporary humanity, finally allow a happy understanding to the community of nations, thus ending
the common vicissitudes'".
Immediately afterwards, a group of dantzari txikis offered the aurresku while the little ones paraded in
typical costumes in front of the monument di: Zabala41'1. At 18:00 the Lagun Onak choir performed the
High Mass in A Flat by Franz Schubert at the SODRE theater. Dora Pockorny, Sara César, Carlos
Rodríguez and Horacio Ganzález were the soloists and maestro Luis Mallea conducted the Montevideo
orchestra. Like the others, the act had an immense echo in the capital's press.
On October 2, Hubertina Gomensoro gave a talk on the descendants of Bruno Mauricio Zabala on the El
Espectador radio station. lira on Tuesday, the day of rest, for which reason no public events took place,
however, in addition to the aforementioned broadcast conference, various events were held to pay
homage to Itis guests, Argentines and Chileans. The delegations were received by the nation's president,
Juan José Amezaga, and were later offered a lively banquet

at the Rowing Club of Montevideo.
The words of Rodolfo Gorriti and Jaime Aretxabala began the banquet. After it, Joxe Mari Lasarte and Bingen
Ametzaga offered, out of protocol, a series of Basque songs to those gathered there, Mr. Lasarte and Dr.
Amezaga, upon request, delighted us with their emotional songs, full of racial spirit, that moved us intimately""*2.
In a certain sense the act had a lot to do with the family since the Chilean delegate. Jaime Aretxabala Piñaga,
like his wife Felisa Aspiazu, were both neighbors of Algorín and distant relatives of Bingen Ametzaga. both
descendants of María Manuela Piñaga Muxika (1779} and Juana Francisca Piñaga Muxika (1792-).
On October 3 at 6:30 p.m., the first of the lectures that would open the series of conferences that would
culminate in the celebration of the Great Basque Week in Montevideo, was given at the Museum of Fine Arts,
by Bingen Ametzaga. Thurs a study of individual, economic-social, religious and political liberties as derived
from the Basque codes and various historical events.
In the end, the speaker highlighted that a few days ago it had been 104 years since a treacherous and deadly
blow had been applied to those liberties that. We harbor the firm hope -said the orator- as the purest and most
ancient of the world will be restored.'! when, with the next triumph of democracies, a regime of justice and
freedom is established on earth. The room was full of people who showed, with their repeated applause, their
identification with the speaker
The following day, at the same time and in the same place, José Pedro Zubillaga spoke about the meaning of
Basque Week, he collected several of the concepts expressed the day before by Dr. Amezaga, above all, the
loss of Basque liberties and the inexhaustible yearning for recovery of the same that encourages among the
Basques. He ended by stating that when the day, now near, to do justice to Euskadi arrives, the voice of
Uruguay will be heard, cordial and strong in its favor. was very applauded
On October 8, Francisco Madina's dissertation on various aspects of Basque music took place. The Basque
musician Father Madina, a refugee Basque priest, gave a beautiful conference on Basque music. The inspired
performances on the piano by the speaker himself, as well as the songs by the soloist Mr. Torcida and the choir
by maestro Mújica that illustrated his lecture, brought the charms of unique and beautiful Basque music to the
heart of the audience.
On the 11th and 13th, Enrique José Mochó, president of the Euskal Lima society, and the art critic José España
gave lectures on the Basque educational system and Basque art, respectively. With this, the cycle of
conferences was considered closed. In the subsequent act, held on the same day, October 13, Julio Garra
concluded the acts of the Great Basque Week, constituting, in short, a deep vibration and a splendid
manifestation of the Basque spirit that flourishes with a renewed vigor of its old trunk. Flowering that is sure
announcement of seasoned fruits of culture and freedom that we hope with joy and confidence "'
The events ended with a dinner at the Euskal Erria society. Nevertheless. the conclusion of the Basque Week
opened the doors to a new stage in the institutional relations of the Basque delegation and, with it, the
Government of Euskadi itself, with the Uruguayan government; and, through this cooperation, a new social,
political and cultural cycle of the Basque community in Montevideo and in the whole of Uruguay, if the

The support of the Uruguayan people has been ostensible, as shown by the fact that all the available
seats were sold in the three performances held and as demonstrated by the sympathy with which the
Basque dancers and singers* were looked at and applauded as they passed through the streets and, the
select and numerous public that filled the premises of the painting
exhibition every afternoon (it must be noted that almost all the artists were exiles}.
It must also be stated that in the official spheres we have found an atmosphere not of mere courtesy, but
of frank emotional warmth. Beginning with the President of the Republic in whom Basque blood has
vibrated as it could not have been less, we must mention the President of the High Court of Justice Dr.
Julio Guaní who, as we indicated, was also the Honorary President of the Basque Week. The Ministers of
Instruction, Interior. Guerra and others attended the various events.
Outstanding is the valuable collaboration of the first speaker of the Republic, Dr. Irureta Goyena and the
mayor of Montevideo Engineer Fabini.
We remember the introducer of ambassadors Dr. Yeregi, e! professor of constitutional law Dr.
Jiménez de Arechaga, writers Mrs. Sahai Ercasíy. Oribe, Zorrilla de San Martín, in a list that would be
endless

Basque Cultural Week – Montevideo 1943
Index of what was written and published by Bingen Ametzaga during the months of October, November
and December 1943 in the Uruguayan press.
1. The Basque Week

2. The Basque months
3. Basque territory
4. Anthropology
5. Music
6. Dances
7. Games and sports
8. Mythology
9. Religion: heretics and witches
10. Basque
language 11. Basque
literature 12. The Pastorals
suletinas 13 The
bertsolaris 14. Basque writers in
Spanish 15. Basque political
organization 16. Treaties with
England 17. Treaties of friendship and good
correspondence 18. The
tree of Gernika 19. Democracy and sense of human
dignity 20. Universal nobility social aspects of the Fuero
21. The Maíato tree
22. The Basque
woman 23.
The farmhouse 24. The iron
industry 25. Argiñas
and arotzas 26. Sailors and
discoverers 27. Colonizers and
founders 28. Garibai, Urkiza, Alberdi, Larrañaga...
29. "Short on words..."
30. "Word of Basque Basque
"
" brother" 31.

INDEX OF THE 9 VOLUMES OF THE PRESENT PUBLICATION
Publication Title
COMPLETE WORKS and REFERENCES VICENTE AMEZAGA ARESTI
VOLUME 1 Vicente Amezaga - Work-The-Basque-Man
VOLUME 2 Vicente Amezaga - Work-the-men of the Guipuzcoan Company
VOLUME 3 Vicente Amezaga - Work-The-Basque Element in the Eighteenth Century
VOLUME 4 Vicente Amezaga - Work-Vicente Antonio de Icuza
VOLUME 5 Vicente Amezaga - Newspapers
VOLUME 6 Vicente Amezaga - Translations
VOLUME 7 Vicente Amezaga - Poems
VOLUME 8 Writings of Third Parties in reference to Vicente Amezaga
VOLUME 9 Inauguration Plaza Vicente Amezaga

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COMPLETE WORKS and REFERENCES - VICENTE AMEZAGA ARESTI

Poems in Basque - Volume – 7 -Page 1

COMPLETE WORKS and REFERENCES - VICENTE AMEZAGA ARESTI

Content Volume – Poems in Basque - Volume – 7

Chapter 1 - Vicente Amezaga - Poems........................................... ......... 3

Chapter 2 - Vicente Amezaga - Lecture Series.................................. 139

Chapter 3 - Vicente Amezaga - Lectures on Basque Culture..................... 142

Chapter 4 - Vicente Amezaga – Basque Studies Congress................................... 146

Chapter 5 - Vicente Amezaga - Caracas Cuatricentennial Commission..................... 149

Chapter 6 - Vicente Amezaga-Uruguay Basque Week 1943............................. 153

General index of the 9 Volumes of this Work..................................... 173

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Vicente Amezaga Aresti

Editorial Print Editions Xabier Iñaki Amezaga Iribarren

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COMPLETE WORKS and REFERENCES - VICENTE AMEZAGA ARESTI

VICENTE AMEZAGA ARESTI - POETRIES -

Poems in Basque - Volume – 7 -Page 4

COMPLETE WORKS and REFERENCES - VICENTE AMEZAGA ARESTI

Poems in Basque - Volume – 7 -Page 5

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«Gaztetasunak banerabila» lez abesten da.

Alaitasuna sartu ezin da neronen bihotz alegian.

Dakust Amea erbestepean, dakust arrotza nagusia.

I heard! Aberri jopuaren semea naiz!

Dakust aberria, gizon birao-esale erdaldunez josia.

Ez dulerdan ele batez daie. Ezin-ezin dot ein euskeraz.

I heard! Ezin-ezin ein neronen eleaz!

Geure lurrak sortutako Haritza guztiz ihartuta dago.

Aske-herria joputu da ta ez du indarrik Berai eusteko.

I heard! Lehenagoko euskotarrak non dagoz!

Haizean hegaztiak, uran arrainak baizen askeak ginenak,

Laterri zinge-ustelaren jopu gaixoak baino orain ez gara.

I heard! Laterri zinge-ustelaren jopuak!

Umetan erdal ikastoletan, mutiletan gudaletxetan,

Eusko gaixoak erbestepean daroazan oinazeak!

I heard! Jopuaren bizitza den iluna!

Lehenagoko Aitor-alabak, antzinako eusko-seme hutsak,

Arrotzekin ezkontzen would say, dasale Ama-odola bera.

I heard! Geu-sengeak arrotzen ezkonak!

Haiz, heu-seme batzuk ezetsia, beste batzuk ez ezautua.

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Haiz, itsu-zoro-herri beat love gaixoa, Neu-Aberria!

I heard! Heure zoritxarra dokan handia!

Aberria aske ikusi zeben, zuek mendiok, zuek ibaiok.

Zergatik ez zamiltz? Zergatik ez dozue soiltzen enda-lurra?

I heard! Zetako bizi jopuak garela!

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Agur, mundu harro hori!, banoa etxera;

nire adiskide ez zara, nire ez naiz zurea.

Luzaro zure talde nekatu artean

ibili naiz; ontzi bat itsaso gazian,

bitsa lez egotzia izan naiz luzaro;

baina, oin, etxera noa, agur, mundu harro!

Agur, Koipekerian aurpegi leunari;

Handitasuna, keinu jakintsudunari;

Aberats-berriaren betarte gaitzari;

Bizibide makurrei, nahiz txiki nahiz handi;