La Cama Vacia

Oscar Agudelo
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Desde un tétrico hospital

From a gloomy hospital

Donde se hallaba internado

Where he was admitted

Casi agónico y rodeado de un silencio sepulcral

Almost agonizing and surrounded by sepulchral silence

Con su ternura habitual, la que siempre demostró

With his usual tenderness, the one he always showed

Quizá con esfuerzo o no, desde su lecho sombrío

Perhaps with effort or not, from his somber bed

Un enfermo amigo mío esta carta me escribió

A sick friend of mine wrote me this letter

Querido amigo quisiera

Dear friend, I would like

Que al recibir la presente

Upon receiving this letter

Te halles bien y que la suerte te acompañe por donde quiera

That you are well and that luck accompanies you wherever you go

Por mi parte y mal pudiera, decirle que estoy mejor

For my part, and I could hardly say

Si al contrario en mi dolor, postrado en mi lecho abyecto

If, on the contrary, in my pain, lying in my abject bed

Yo soy un pobre esqueleto que a mí mismo me da horror

I am a poor skeleton that horrifies myself


La carta es para decirte

The letter is to tell you

Que si podés algún día

That if you can one day

Vení a hacerme compañía vos que tanto me quisiste

Come to keep me company, you who loved me so much

Estoy tan solo y tan triste que lloro sin contenerme

I am so alone and so sad that I cry without holding back

Ya nadie suele quererme, todos se muestran impíos

No one usually loves me, everyone shows themselves unkind

De tantos amigos míos ninguno ha venido a verme

Of so many friends of mine, none has come to see me

Hoy yo te doy la razón pues veo en mi soledad

Today I agree with you because I see in my loneliness

Que esta llamada amistad es tan solo una ilusión

That this so-called friendship is only an illusion

Cuando uno está en condición tiene amigos a granel

When one is in good condition, they have friends in abundance

Pero si el destino cruel hacia un abismo nos tira

But if cruel destiny throws us into an abyss

Vemos que todo es mentira y que no hay amigo fiel

We see that everything is a lie and that there is no faithful friend


Bueno aquí ya me despido, al poner punto final

Well, here I say goodbye, putting an end

Recibí un abrazo leal del que siempre te ha querido

I received a loyal embrace from the one who has always loved you

A tu mamá que no olvido también mis recuerdos dale

Give my regards to your mom, whom I also remember

Mucha devoción mostrale y de caricias colmala

Show her much devotion and shower her with caresses

Vos que la tenés cuidala, si supieras cuánto vale

You, who have her, take care of her; if you knew how much she's worth

Llegó el domingo y ansioso

Sunday arrived, and anxious

Por aquel amigo leal

For that loyal friend

Penetré en el hospital angustiado y pesaroso

I entered the hospital, distressed and sorrowful

Me dirigí silencioso al lugar donde sabía

I went silently to the place where I knew

Que su lecho encontraría, más ahí ni bien lo encontré

I would find his bed, but there, as soon as I found it

Asombrado me quedé al ver su cama vacía

I was amazed to see his empty bed

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Quito, Ecuador January 25, 2025
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