‘The Star Counters’ by Dámaso Alonso (1921)
I am tired. I contemplate this town —a town like any other— where I have lived for twenty years. Nothing has changed. A child is uselessly counting the stars on the next balcony. I also try… But he is faster: I cannot catch up with him: One, two, three, four, five… I cannot catch up with him: One,…two.. three… four……