# Miguel Hernández's best-remembered lines (with the poem)

"Companion of my soul, companion", "In the cradle of hunger my child lay" and "Winds of the people carry me": the most recited lines of Spanish poet Miguel Hernández, from the Elegy for Ramón Sijé and The Unending Lightning to the Onion Lullaby written in prison, each with its poem.

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- Nov 21, 2020 · camila sepúlveda
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## Top 13

1. **For we have so many things to talk about, / companion of my soul, companion.** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — "Elegy for Ramón Sijé", in El rayo que no cesa (1936).
2. **Winds of the people carry me, / winds of the people sweep me along.** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — "Winds of the People Carry Me", in Viento del pueblo (1937).
3. **For freedom I bleed, I fight, I survive.** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — "The Wounded Man", in El hombre acecha (1939).
4. **I go from my heart to my affairs.** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — "Elegy for Ramón Sijé", in El rayo que no cesa (1936).
5. **You will come back to my orchard and my fig tree: / through the high scaffolding of the flowers / your beekeeping soul will flutter.** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — "Elegy for Ramón Sijé", in El rayo que no cesa (1936).
6. **In the cradle of hunger / my child lay. / On onion blood / he was nursed.** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — "Onion Lullaby" (1939), written in prison.
7. **He came with three wounds: / the wound of love, / the wound of death, / the wound of life.** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — "He Came with Three Wounds", in Cancionero y romancero de ausencias (1938-1941).
8. **I am tall from looking at palm trees, / rough from living among mountains...** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — "Whistle of Affirmation in the Village", in El rayo que no cesa (1936).
9. **Painted, not empty: / my house is painted / the colour of great / passions and misfortunes.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — "Last Song", in El hombre acecha (1939).
10. **Life is many swallows, / and death is a single one.** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — "Seated upon the Dead", in Viento del pueblo (1937).
11. **Sad wars / if love is not the cause.** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — "Sad Wars", in Cancionero y romancero de ausencias (1938-1941).
12. **Darkened by sorrow, almost brown, / for sorrow blackens when it bursts, / nowhere is there a man / more sorrowful than I.** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — "Darkened by Sorrow, Almost Brown", in El rayo que no cesa (1936).
13. **Laugh so much / that hearing you, my soul / beats in space.** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — "Onion Lullaby" (1939), written in prison.

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