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mariejosee

Oct 27, 2006, 1:51 PM

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Can you see the poem on the 100 peso note?

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One of his poems appears in tiny print on the face of the 100 peso note.
Poem by Netzahualcóyotl (1402 - 1472)

Amo el canto de zenzontle
Pájaro de cuatrocientas voces,
Amo el color del jade
Y el enervante perfume de las flores,
Pero más amo a mi hermano: el hombre.

I love the song of the mockingbird,
Bird of four hundred voices,
I love the color of the jadestone
And the enervating perfume of flowers,
But more than all I love my brother: man.

http://www.answers.com/Nezahualcoyotl?gwp=11&ver=2.0.1.458&method=3

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