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Vallejo pensaba en quechua y escribía en español, hecho que facilita su traducción con ventaja para el idioma de los incas



Vallejo pensaba en quechua y escribía en español, hecho que facilita su traducción con ventaja para el idioma de los incas

Efraín Chevarría Huarcaya, he ahí una bomba literaria que transita casi siempre por las calles mágicas del Cusco. Como es mi compañero de las primeras letras, es decir más que mi hermano, yo también cometí el delito imperdonable de considerarlo un ser humano desprovisto de las capacidades excepcionales para emprender hazañas homéricas, casi mágicas. Y así, a puro esfuerzo personal, talento y terca constancia, troquelar su propia corona de oro entre los runas que sostienen en alto el pendón cultural de la otrora Capital del Estado del Tawantinsuyo.

Efraín, ha escogido el más difícil de los caminos para alcanzar la gloria. Sí, digo la gloria, porque ha logrado quintaesenciar la enorme poesía de César Vallejo, sin más que traducirla al runa simi o idioma de los hombres, con evidentes gananciales para nuestro idioma madre.

Ahora, a partir de la obra de traducción, interpretación y consecución de las equivalencias metafóricas de la poesía del vate santiaguino, después de treinta años de labor esclavizada a su pensamiento poético, que como todos saben hizo estallar la capacidad creativa del idioma castellano, obligándolo a inventar nuevos términos capaces de cubrir las deficiencias expresivas de ese idioma, hay dos Vallejos a quienes admirar. El genuino, en la lengua de quienes nos conquistaron, o término por término, acepción por acepción, grandeza por grandeza, humanidad por humanidad, confrontadas con nuestro idioma materno, en la traducción de Chevarría Huarcaya, sin apartarse un palmo del espíritu vallejiano.

YANA RUMI YURAH RUMIMAN TAWQASQA Wañukapusahmi Paríspi para chayashahtin, chaytaqa ñan yuyayniypi hap´ishaniña. Wañukapusahmi Parispi, -chaypis manayá ayqipakusahchu- yaqapaschá huywispi, kunan hina p´unchaypi, puquy mit´api. Huywispin wañusah, kunan hina harawisqay p´unchaypi, kay taki kamarisqaypi, kachiwanmi p´usqurachikuni millapakuspay, chaytahmi kunan sapallaypuni, rikukuni hinantin purisqaypi. César Vallejon wañurapun, maqayurankun paytaqa lluy mana imamanta; k´aspiwanmi p´anayuranku, manchaytapuni. Waskhawanpis wahtayurankun; chaytan rikunku huywiskunapis, marq´aykunah tullunkunapis, ch´in suyupas, parapis, ñankunapis ...

AWQA TINKUYPA YANA WILLAPAKUHNINKUNA Kanmi wañu p´itiy kay pachapiqa, lluy sullusah... Ima raykutah chayri. Chay wañu p´itiyqa Pacha Kamahpa chihnikuynin hinan; lluy ñak´ariypa mininpas p´unquchayukuspa sut´unman kayninchis hinarah. Chaytaqa manan yachanichu. Pisillan kanku; ichaqa kashankun... millay yana yarqhatan t´awqinku aswan millay siq´u uyapipas kallpasapa wasapipas. Salqa uywakunapaschá kanku salqa atilakunah hanuk´asqan; icha Wañuypa awqa tinkuynin yana willapakuhninkunachus. Nunaypa Kristunkunah surusqa wark´ankunan, mayqin wayllusqa iniypapis Destinoh sarunchasqantah. Chay yawar sut´uypa wañu p´itiy sahtasqantah mayqin t´antah q´uncha punkupi t´uhtupakuspa k´illinsachakusqantah. Runarí... waxchatah ... mana imayuhtah... Ñawinkunarí... Lluy t´ixsuy qhawarihmi pipas rixranchispi t´ahllawahtinchis hina; miyusqa ñawinkunapin qhawarichin, tukuy kawsayninta p´unquchaspa, q´ata huchata hich´aspa qhawariyninwan. Kanmi wañu p´itiy, lluy sullusah, kay pachapiqa ... Ima raykutahri.

When this story was posted in March 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:

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RPCVs in Congress ask colleagues to support PC RPCVs Sam Farr, Chris Shays, Thomas Petri, James Walsh, and Mike Honda have asked their colleagues in Congress to add their names to a letter they have written to the House Foreign Operations Subcommittee, asking for full funding of $345 M for the Peace Corps in 2006. As a follow-on to Peace Corps week, please read the letter and call your Representative in Congress and ask him or her to add their name to the letter.

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Add your info now to the RPCV Directory Call Harris Publishing at 800-414-4608 right away to add your name or make changes to your listing in the newest edition of the NPCA's Directory of Peace Corps Volunteers and Former Staff. Then read our story on how you can get access to the book after it is published. The deadline for inclusion is May 16 so call now.

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March 12, 2005: This Week's Top Stories The Coyne Column: Read Winning Essay by PCV 12 Mar Laura Germino helps Migrant Workers Advocacy Group 12 Mar Sam Farr impresses medical-pot advocacy group 11 Mar Fred O'Regan writes Op-Ed on Canada seal hunt 11 Mar Fern Holland remembered In Oklahoma 10 Mar Mountaineer Charles Houston receives honorary degree 10 Mar Elaine Chao led delegation for President's inauguration 10 Mar Chris Dodd wins Hispanic Capital Award 9 Mar Pat Waak is new Colorado Democratic Party Chair 9 Mar Chris Matthews withdraws from Florida Event 9 Mar Timothy J. O'Brien returns to Korea 8 Mar Tomas Belsky's paintings inspired by service in Brazil 7 Mar Christopher Hill to be Assistant Secretary of State 7 Mar Allen Moore is Sen Frist's Deputy Chief of Staff 7 Mar Jim Doyle heads trade delegation to Mexico 5 Mar Al Kamen says Narcissus Is Now Greek AND Roman 4 Mar Diana Gomez says to do something about Peace 4 Mar

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March 12, 2005: RPCV Groups in the News San Diego RPCVs host reception with Gaddi Vasquez on March 6 4 Mar Alaska RPCVs speak for dividend 4 Mar Western North Carolina's RPCVs sponsor Africa Night on March 6 3 Mar Maryland RPCVs lobby their Senators for Peace Corps 3 Mar Connecticut RPCVs hold fundraiser on March 5 3 Mar Charles Baquet speaks at Louisiana PC Breakfast on March 4 28 Feb RPCVs: Post your stories or press releases here for inclusion next week.

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March 1: National Day of Action Tuesday, March 1, is the NPCA's National Day of Action. Please call your Senators and ask them to support the President's proposed $27 Million budget increase for the Peace Corps for FY2006 and ask them to oppose the elimination of Perkins loans that benefit Peace Corps volunteers from low-income backgrounds. Follow this link for step-by-step information on how to make your calls. Then take our poll and leave feedback on how the calls went.

Make a call for the Peace Corps PCOL is a strong supporter of the NPCA's National Day of Action and encourages every RPCV to spend ten minutes on Tuesday, March 1 making a call to your Representatives and ask them to support President Bush's budget proposal of $345 Million to expand the Peace Corps. Take our Poll: Click here to take our poll. We'll send out a reminder and have more details early next week.

Peace Corps Calendar: Tempest in a Teapot? Bulgarian writer Ognyan Georgiev has written a story which has made the front page of the newspaper "Telegraf" criticizing the photo selection for his country in the 2005 "Peace Corps Calendar" published by RPCVs of Madison, Wisconsin. RPCV Betsy Sergeant Snow, who submitted the photograph for the calendar, has published her reply. Read the stories and leave your comments.

WWII participants became RPCVs Read about two RPCVs who participated in World War II in very different ways long before there was a Peace Corps. Retired Rear Adm. Francis J. Thomas (RPCV Fiji), a decorated hero of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2005 at 100. Mary Smeltzer (RPCV Botswana), 89, followed her Japanese students into WWII internment camps. We honor both RPCVs for their service.

Bush's FY06 Budget for the Peace Corps The White House is proposing $345 Million for the Peace Corps for FY06 - a $27.7 Million (8.7%) increase that would allow at least two new posts and maintain the existing number of volunteers at approximately 7,700. Bush's 2002 proposal to double the Peace Corps to 14,000 volunteers appears to have been forgotten. The proposed budget still needs to be approved by Congress.

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