Los Momentos

Cecilia Echeñique
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Tu silueta va caminando

Your silhouette is walking

con el alma triste y dormida

with a sad and asleep soul

ya la aurora no es nada nuevo

the dawn is nothing new now

pa´tus ojos grandes y pa´tu frente

for your big eyes and your forehead

Ya el cielo y sus estrellas

The sky and its stars already

se quedaron mudos, lejanos y muertos

became silent, distant, and dead

pa´tu mente ajena.

for your alien mind.


Nos hablaron una vez cuando niños

They spoke to us once when we were children

cuando la vida se muestra entera

when life appears whole

que el futuro que cuando grande

that the future, when grown up

ahí murieron ya los momentos

there, the moments already died

sembraron así su semilla

they planted their seed like this

y tuvimos miedo, temblamos

and we were afraid, we trembled

y en esto se nos fue la vida.

and in this, life went away from us.


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Cada uno aferrado a sus Dioses

Each one clinging to their Gods

producto de toda una historia

product of a whole history

los modelan y los destruyen

they shape and destroy them

y según eso ordenan sus vidas

and according to that, they order their lives

en la frente le ponen monedas

they put coins on the forehead

y en sus largas manos le cuelgan

and in their long hands, they hang

candados, letreros y rejas.

locks, signs, and bars.

Moderated by Isabel Ruiz
Quito, Ecuador November 11, 2024
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