y si no fuera porque te fuiste
Y si no fuera porque te fuiste
porque de lejos silbas
y le ruchas a la memoria su contenido
nadie mueve los labios
si no estás
las llaves ciegas de la conciencia
resumen la nostalgia
y arman sus fieras los corazones más allá
alguien dice Petare
para que yo busque entre los rieles
y me tope con las formas de tu ausencia
alguien que anuncia tu partida
como si un golpe fiero
ya se que tu alma como un tren
no volverá a cruzar por esta isla.
Jesús Salazar
Fragil la mirada y tu mano
Editorial La Espada Rota, Caracas (1994)
And were it not that you left
because from the distance you whistle
and you knuckle down my memory its content
no one moves his lips
if you are not there
the blank keys of awareness
resume the nostalgia
and the beasts assemble their hearts beyond
someone says Petare
so that I look among the rails
and come across the forms of your absence
someone announces your departure
like a fierce blow
I know that your soul like a train
will not cross this island again.
because from the distance you whistle
and you knuckle down my memory its content
no one moves his lips
if you are not there
the blank keys of awareness
resume the nostalgia
and the beasts assemble their hearts beyond
someone says Petare
so that I look among the rails
and come across the forms of your absence
someone announces your departure
like a fierce blow
I know that your soul like a train
will not cross this island again.
Jesus Salazar
Fragile the look and your hand
Editorial The Broken Sword, Caracas (1994)
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