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In the middle of the night I ask myself, what will happen to Chile?
What will become of my poor, poor, dark country?
From loving this long, thin ship so much, these stones, these little farms, the durable rose of the coast that lives among the foam,
I became one with my country.
I met every one of its sons and in me the seasons succeeded one another, weeping or flowering.
I feel that now, with the dead year of doubt scarcely over, now that the mistakes which bled us all are over and we begin to plan again a better and a just life, the menace once again appears and on the walls a rising rancor.