A Mi Padre

José Luis Perales
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Tiene el andar cansado y a sus espaldas

He walks tired, with years behind him

Sesenta y tantos años de esperanza

Sixty-something years of hope

Tiene una casa

He has a house

Verdugo de sus manos y sus espaldas

Executioner of his hands and his back


Cuando amanece el día camina y canta

When the day dawns, he walks and sings

Buscando de la tierra en las entrañas

Searching the earth in its depths

El pan caliente

The hot bread

Milagro que realiza cada mañana

A miracle he performs every morning


Es aprendiz de todo, maestro en nada

He's an apprentice in everything, a master in nothing

Es poeta a su modo, le gusta el alba

He's a poet in his own way, he likes dawn

Y entre sus manos

And in his hands

Y entre sus manos

And in his hands

Florecen a escondidas algunas llagas

Some wounds bloom in secret


Tiene cansado el cuerpo, cansada el alma

His body is tired, his soul is tired

Tiene un interrogante sobre su cara

There's a question on his face

Tiene un camino

He has a path

Tiene un camino

He has a path

Le gusta ser amigo de sus amigos

He likes to be a friend to his friends


Quiso cambiar su vida, dejar la aldea

He wanted to change his life, leave the village

Más no pasó de ser una quimera

But it didn't go beyond being a chimera

Una quimera

A chimera

Que se quedó dormida entre la tierra

That fell asleep among the earth


Tiene cansado el cuerpo, cansada el alma

His body is tired, his soul is tired

Luce sobre su pecho camisa blanca

He wears a white shirt on his chest

Con su mirada

With his gaze

Con su mirada

With his gaze

Me dice que la vida

He tells me that life

No vale nada

Is worth nothing

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La Paz, Bolivia June 1, 2025
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