Conquista - Conquer
no ignoro la petición
que con algunas palabras
conquista mi corazón
some words conquer my heart
how could I deny
your wish for me to apply?
¿Quién iba a pensar
que de los desechos nacerían flores,
que bajo las piedras, entre rocas
y desierto, habían semillas,
esperando, y
todo recuerdo doloroso acabaría?
Who would think
that the waste would bear flowers,
that under stones, among rocks
and desert, there were seeds
hoping, and
all painful memories would end.
Recuerdos (para mi hijo Francisco)
Recuerdos no son solamente
Esas fotos y esos cuadros
Que cuelgan en la pared
O esas cosas que apreciamos
Y guardamos con placer
Porque algún ser tan querido
Nos entregó en el ayer
Son también esas imágenes
Que hoy podemos traer
Cuando cerramos los ojos
Y somos capaces de ver
Los momentos más amados
Lo guardado y que ya fue,
Lo que da sentido y forma
A los sueños otra vez
En los espacios más sutiles,
nos encontramos,
no te conozco pero puedo verte
cuando entre líneas
y en el aire quieto
el charcán canta suavecito
You left to the ways you wanted,
and I remained thinking
about your outbursts, your laughter,
your kisses of sagacious boy.
I remember you going to school
with your grey suit
you were so near and so far,
I loved you but I did not know it
love grows with time and distance
good bye brother, be well...
Te fuistes por los caminos que querías,
y yo me quedé pensando
en tus arrebatos, tu risa,
tus besos de niño travieso.
Te recuerdo yendo al colegio
con tu ternito gris
estabas tan cercano y tan lejano,
yo te amaba mas no lo sabía
¡como crece el cariño en la distancia!
adiós hermano, que te vaya bien...
Confused in the quiet air
I forgot all your words,
its feeble trace;
what it was vanished like a rose"
Your words touch me so deep,
your book slips to the floor,
my eyes almost closed,
and I think of the end...wishing
I could face that in a similar moment.
"Confundido en el aire quieto
olvidé todas tus palabras
su débil huella. Lo que fue
se deshizo como una rosa"
Tu palabras me tocan tan hondo
tu libro se desliza al suelo,
mis ojos casi cerrados
y pienso en el final...deseando
enfrentarlo así
Tu risa como ola,
me golpea,
me toca,
e intimamente me arrincona
Tú no sabes más yo espero
esa pequeña muerte ansiada
que brota sin aviso
al oír tu carcajada.
Your laughter like a wave,
strikes me,
touches me,
and intimately corners me.
You don't know but I wait,
that little death so longed
that bursts without warning
and makes me feel alive
asi de pronto
te asomas a la vida
a nuestras vidas
lentamente te reconocemos
nosotros te nombramos
ya te imaginamos
te esperamos
ya te conocemos
“no eches leña al fuego”
just let it wait
when furious lust descends
true love ascends
I see the passion flame
all over the stage
“lo que sube tiene que caer”
enjoying your words
you inspired me this verse
when the moon was bright
in the winter that night
I eagerly wanted to know
what you did not show
I was thinking of you
deciding what to do
In the kitchen I found you
with unexpected kiss
I satiated your hunger
your lips trembling
our hearts shaking
smelling your scent
kisses would not end
Excentricities of a millionaire
a palace full of gold
that he does not want to show
under the pressing of his thumb
fog starts to grow
he is no longer a human being
he becomes quite unseen
what is poetry? you ask
staring at me in blue
what is poetry ....I think
poetry is you
¡Qué es poesía! ¿Y tú me lo preguntas?
Poesía eres tú.
Lapiz grafito pequeño
Lo que escribes no perdura
Siempre recuerdo tu esencia
Que aprendí con inocencia
Ese olor tan especial
Que en mi mano yo sentía
Cuando aprendía a escribir
A la luz de aquellos dias
small graphite pencil
what you write will never last
I always remember your scent
that I learnt in innocence
that so very special fragance
that in my hand I used to hold
when I learned how to write
under bright light long ago
sounds from nowhere
stayed just into your head
it sounded like murmurs and orders
could not understand that disorder
but you had no other choice
it is impossible to know
they just function and they show
becoming invisible enemy
and will make them believe in evil
poor guy that is enough
to make others run fast
strangers in the day
in the night and eye to eye
love at first sight
I could not recognize
when he passed by my side
extraños allá extraños aquí
y en la quebrada del ají
amor a primera vista
no dejó ninguna pista
(I wanted to do a spanish version "quebrada del ají" we say when we mean an unknown place...)
difícil es definir
lo que humano quiere decir
o que explique totalmente
toda la gran confusión
que un hombre tiene en su mente
y conforma la raíz
de todo comportamiento
it is hard to define
what human is meant to be
or accurately define
all the big confussion
a person has in his soul
conforming oh yes! the source
of men and women behavior
I lean on the wall
I ear through the wall
The wall separates me
The wall embraces me
we destroy visible walls
we build invisible walls
Walls to live in
Walls to die in
A wooden wall I like
A cement wall I dislike
I prefer a broken wall
To peep at you through a hole
too many roads
to reach the point
where you and me
would meet
demasiados caminos
para alcanzar el punto
donde tú y yo
nos unimos
Wasting my time
I take the mirror
and give a glance
someone talks to me
and I laugh
watching my face I discover
wrinkles around my eyes
for the first time I see
I am amazed
it is as if someone else
has come to laugh at me
to say “hello”
to me and to my life
I laugh again to verify
they are there, there´s no doubt
aging has arrived
