我从不认为我的生活在诗歌与政治之间是割裂的,我是个智利人,几十年来,我了解我们这个国家的各种不幸与艰难,智利人民的一笑一颦,我曾是其中一分子。对他们来说我不是陌生人。我出生于一个工人阶级家庭……我从未与那些有权势的人勾结,我一直认为我的职业和我的责任是用我的行动和我的诗歌为智利人民服务。我活着, I never think my life is divided between poetry and politics. I am a Chilean. For decades, I have learned all kinds of misfortunes and hardships in our country. The Chilean people laughed and I was one of them molecular. I’m not a stranger to them. I was born in a working-class family ... I have never colluded with powerful people, and I have always thought that my profession and my responsibility are to serve the people of Chile with my actions and my poetry. I’m alive