Shipwrecked's Island

An orphan of shipwreck I'm in a gardenless land, without laboured soil, one island that a volcano laid waste in part, and savage men have invaded, keeping now the larger half, fruits and fish are their loot. They put me on siege, keep me far from banana and sea: from this place I have no more than defoliated rock, where it will grow one day lichens full of leaves that all mornings can not wither... No sail whitens black-greenish seas In such a little island Could I survive the other islanders? Translation by: Ramón Cabrales