Picasso: Toreros

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must never of is

power and

his

Everyone

himself with

bull

the

is

strength and majesty, of passion and blind

from him, from

his pride.

The

never recoil from danger.

flinch,

fearlessness,

It

valor, that every aficionado draws

associates himself with his bravery,

And more

importance.

his

symbol

effort.

than

his

and endows

bravery,

it

is

the bull's nobility that counts.

"The

bull

five years old, the

And

the refrain. bull's weight,

and

is

it

such

is

must be around

five

by the

hundred

at the required age, the wild bull

his hide

is

smooth and

brilliant,

arrogant, his legs short, his

tail

—

so goes

As

for the

torero five and twenty"

the age fixed

is

regulations.

With

kilos.

that weight,

robust and nervously

his eyes sharp,

delicate, his

his

horns

alert;

neck broad and

finely pointed,

his

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