Selected poems / César Vallejo ; translated with an essay, by H.R. Hays ; edited, with an introduction, by Louis Hammer.

Introduction
The passion of César Vallejo
Los heraldos negros / The black messengers (1918). Los heraldos negros / The black messengers - Deshojación sagrada / Sacred unleafing - La araña / The spider - El poeta a su amada / The poet to his beloved - La copa negra / The black cup - El pan nuestro / Our daily bread - Capitulación / Capitulation - Los dados eternos / The eternal dice - Los pasos lejanos / Distant footsteps - A mi hermano Miguel / To my brother Miguel - Enereida / Enereida
Trilce (1922). III. "Las personas mayores" / "The grownups" - XII "Pienso en tu sexo." / I think of your sex." - XV. "En el rincón aquel, donde dorminos juntos" / "In that corner where we slept together" - XVIII. "Oh las cuatro paredes de la celda." / "Oh, the four wall of the cell!" - XXVII. "Me da miedo ese chorro," / "This torrent frightens me" - XXVIII. "He almorzado solo ahora,..."/ I now have lunched alone,..." - XXX. "Quemadura del segundo" / "Second of burning" - XXXIX. "Quién ha encendidi fósforo!/ "Who has lit a match!" - XLII. "Esperáos. Ya os voy a narrar" / "Wait. Now I'm going to tell you" - XLV. "Me desvinculo del mar" / "I unfetter myself from the sea" - "LVI. "Todos los días amanezco a ciegas" / "Every day I blindly get up at dawn" - LVIII. "En la celda terrestre del amor" / "The earthly sphere of love" - LX. "Es de madera mi paciencia," / "My patience is wooden" - LXI. "Esta noche desciendo del caballo," / "Tonight, dismounting from my horse,"
Poemas humanos / Human poems (1923-1938). Terremoto / Earthquake - "Por último, sin ese buen aroma sucesivo," / "Finally, without this fine successive aroma," - La rueda del hambriento / The wheel of the hungry - "Fué domingo en las claras orejas de me burro," / "It was Sunday in the clear ears of my ass," - "Los mineros salieron de la mina," / "The miners went forth from the mine" - "Hoy me gusta la vida mucho menos," / "Today I like life much less," - Los nueve monstruos / The nine monsters - "Considerando en frío, imparcialmente," / "Considering coldly, impartially," - Piedra negra sobre una piedra blanca / Black stone upon a white stone - "Dulzura por dulzura corazona!" / "Sweetness crowned by sweetness!" - Palmas y guitarra / Applause and guitar - "Lo cólera que quiebra al hombre en niños, " / "The anger that breaks a man into children," - "Existe un mutilado" / "There is a mutilated man" - "Voy a hablar de la esperanza / I am going to speak of hope - El buen sentido / Good sense - La violencia de las horas / Violence of the hours
España, apara de mí este cáliz / Spain, take from me this cup (1937-1938). "Hombre de Estremadura" / Man of Estremadura - "Soĺa escribir con su dedo grande en el aire / "He used to write in the air with his forefinger" - Cortejo tras la toma de Bilbao / Cortege after the taking of Bilbao - Pequeño responso a un héroe de la República / Little responsory for a Republican hero - Invierno en la Batalla de Teruel / Winter in the Battle of Teruel - Masa / Masses - Españ, aparta de mí este cáliz / Spain, take from me this cup.