The way
Faustino de Jesús Zamora Vargas
SUMMARY: The Spanish poem "Caminante no hay camino" (The path is made by walking) became a popular song that inspired a generation to break the inertia of the times and create their own paths. However, the author later learned that there is only one Way, the path to God through His Son Christ. He invites others to walk this narrow, difficult, but blessed path with the conviction that God will guide them and help them overcome obstacles.
The Spanish poet Antonio Machado said in his time: Caminante no hay camino. The path is made by walking.
Many years later, a popular Catalan singer turned the poem into an essential hymn for an entire generation. Here on the island, at that time, Machado's poem made into a song was perfect for it. It seemed necessary to exhort to break the mountain and make the roads that were needed to break the inertia of the stopped times. We all sang that refrain with a certain fury that bordered on rebellion; It was a clear inclination to break an apparent harmony that seemed to fit our own dreams of young insurgents, new, like new men with a new school, new ideas, new perspectives, new flights and new morals; all seasoned with a high dose of devotion to novelty.
Many years later, a popular Catalan singer turned the poem into an essential hymn for an entire generation. Here on the island, at that time, Machado's poem made into a song was perfect for it. It seemed necessary to exhort to break the mountain and make the roads that were needed to break the inertia of the stopped times. We all sang that refrain with a certain fury that bordered on rebellion; It was a clear inclination to break an apparent harmony that seemed to fit our own dreams of young insurgents, new, like new men with a new school, new ideas, new perspectives, new flights and new morals; all seasoned with a high dose of devotion to novelty.
