La Chola

Malpais
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Yo quiero regresar donde la Chola,

I want to go back to where Chola is,

pasar la noche en vela con mi abuelo,

spend the sleepless night with my grandfather,

buscar en el chutil del cornizuelo

search in the nest of the cornizuelo

la hormiga cachudita, la India sola,

the horned ant, the lonely Indian,

y andar sobre la piedra transparente

and walk on the transparent stone

engarzada en el verde, como un ojo,

set in the green, like an eye,

y ver amarilleando los abrojos

and see the thistles turning yellow

en la loma de lomo incandescente,

on the hill of incandescent back,

y admirar los bigotes de Centeno,

and admire the mustaches of Centeno,

que se canta que son colas de ardillo,

which are said to be squirrel tails,

y aguardar a la muerte hecho un ovillo

and wait for death curled up

bebiendo gotas negras del sereno,

drinking black drops of dew,

y volverme a sembrar entre ocarinas,

and sow myself again among ocarinas,

al sonar el clarín, con Etelvina.

at the sound of the bugle, with Etelvina.

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Mexico City, Mexico December 10, 2024
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