Misterios

Don Osvaldo
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Con la llave en la mano

With the key in hand

La puso en la puerta

He placed it in the door

Giró a la izquierda y abrió

He turned to the left and opened it


Él quería volver a la noche

He wanted to return to the night

Que tanto deseaba

That he desired so much

Que siempre buscó

That he always sought


En un cuento sin brujas ni hadas

In a tale without witches or fairies

Miró a la luna

He looked at the moon

Siempre lo escuchó

It always listened to him


Le contó que ese sueño

He told it that this dream

Despertaba misterios dormidos

Awakened dormant mysteries

En su corazón

In his heart


Si pudiera extrañarte un día, decía

If I could miss you one day, he said

Estaría muy lejos de vos

I would be very far from you

Le rezaba un padre sin hijos

A father without children prayed

Que no era profeta de su religión

Who was not a prophet of his religion


Ese árbol que está frente suyo

That tree in front of him

Testigo del viejo algún día nació

Witness to the old one was born someday

Insolado de tantos veranos sin agua

Sunburned from many summers without water

Lo mira y le pide perdón

He looks at it and asks for forgiveness


El espejo refleja

The mirror reflects

Su esencia profunda, inocente

His deep, innocent essence

Que nadie educó

That no one educated


Es herencia de todo un camino

It's the inheritance of a whole journey

Cargado en tristeza

Loaded with sadness

Y ajeno al rencor

And free from resentment


El desierto en la noche sin luna

The desert in the moonless night

Está tan oscuro

Is so dark

Que se puede ver

That it can be seen


Las estrellas son dados tirados

The stars are thrown dice

De un juego macabro

From a macabre game

Sin resolver

Unsolved


Si pudiera extrañarte un día, decía

If I could miss you one day, he said

Estaría muy lejos de vos

I would be very far from you

Le rezaba un padre sin hijos

A father without children prayed

Que no era profeta de su religión

Who was not a prophet of his religion


Ese árbol que está frente suyo

That tree in front of him

Testigo del viejo algún día nació

Witness to the old one was born someday

Insolado de tantos veranos sin agua

Sunburned from many summers without water

Lo mira y le pide perdón

He looks at it and asks for forgiveness

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Quito, Ecuador August 5, 2024
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