The Apostle of Cuba, José Martí, was born on this day in 1853. Join us in celebrating the birthday of a man whose words inspire freedom and strike fear in the hearts of tyrants today as strongly as they did more than a century ago.
I wish to leave the world
by Jose Marti
I wish to leave the world
By its natural door;
In my tomb of green leaves
They are to carry me to die.
Do not put me in the dark
To die like a traitor;
I am good, and like a good thing
I will die with my face to the sun