Foolish men who accuse
a woman mindlessly-
you cannot even see
you cause what you abuse.

Hombres necios que acusais
a la mujer sin razon,
sin ver que soil la occasion
de lo mismo que culpais.

Juana Inés de la Cruz

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Original Citation

Cruz, Juana Ines. Satira filosofica. c. 1689.

Current Citation

Cruz, Juana Ines. "Satria filosofica." Poems, Protest and a Dream: Selected Writings, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. Penguin Books, 1997.