Words from Spain
Spain
4 lines from Spain, each with the edition you can check it in.
Antonio Machado · Spanish poet
Traveller, there is no road; the road is made by walking.
Caminante, no hay camino, / se hace camino al andar.
Campos de Castilla, Proverbios y cantares, XXIX
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)
Miguel de Cervantes · Spanish novelist and playwright
Whoever reads much and walks much, sees much and knows much.
El que lee mucho y anda mucho, vee mucho y sabe mucho.
Don Quixote, Part II, Chapter 25
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)
Rosalía de Castro · Galician poet and novelist
Farewell, rivers; farewell, springs; farewell, little streams.
Adiós, ríos; adiós, fontes; / adiós, regatos pequenos;
Cantares gallegos, the poem Adiós ríos, adiós fontes, lines 1–2
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)
Seneca · Roman Stoic philosopher and writer
Everything, Lucilius, belongs to others; only time is ours.
Omnia, Lucili, aliena sunt, tempus tantum nostrum est.
Letters to Lucilius, Letter 1, section 3
Planet-X translation, 2026 · Source (opens the digitised edition in a new tab)