Cultivo una rosa blanca / I Grow a White Rose
By José Martí
Read by Ruben Rabasa
Cultivo una rosa blanca,
En julio como en enero,
Para el amigo sincero
Que me da su mano franca.
Y para el cruel que me arranca
El corazón con que vivo,
Cardo ni ortiga cultivo:
Cultivo la rosa blanca.
//
I grow a white rose,
in June as in January
for the true friend
who offers an honest hand.
And for the cruel one who would tear out
my living heart,
I grow neither thistle nor nettle.
I grow a white rose.
Credits
Directed by Eric Felipe-Barkin.
Part of Read By Miami, a 2026 series produced in collaboration with O, Miami Poetry Festival featuring poets and actors of Miami.
Spanish translation by Eric Felipe-Barkin.