Nedan bjuder jag på ett av dagens tre tal, det jag var överlägset mest nöjd med både rent litterärt men även när det kom till själva framförandet.
I am standing in the front of the boat, I can see the coast getting nearer and nearer, finally, after a week onboard this boat it is at last time, time to fight, time to make ourselves free. I am ready.
We have sailed for days, me and my fellow comrades, we boarded our yacht Granma in the middle of the night on November 25th, since we left the Mexican coast heading for Cuba it has stormed heavily, we have all been very ill and hungry and we are several days delayed. We have lived 82 persons on a yacht built for twelve for a long, long week.
But we do not suffer from the poor conditions, we do not feel the pain or the hunger – we fight this as we are about to fight the dictatorship in our country. This is just the beginning.This is what we and I have been waiting for, the chance to fight, the chance to crush Batista, his army and the Americans who are holding our country and our people hostage. It is my duty to fight, I know it will not be easy but I have to.
A person who is not free is not a person but an animal trapped in a cage, it is time now for me to be a person instead of an animal, to be a man and a soldier.
I hear the commander, our chief, el jefe, Fidel, preparing us – it is almost time, we are almost there, we are about to make history.
Today is the second of December 1956 and I am a Cuban revolutionary on board Granma alongside with the rest of the rebel army at the Cuban coast, I am a part of it and it is a part of me. The fight for Cuban freedom is about to start. I am ready.
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