A Homero

To Homero

A Homero

They were years of fences and wisterias,Fueron años de cercos y glicinas,
of life in Orsay, of crazy time.de la vida en orsay, del tiempo loco.
Your sad forehead thinking about lifeTu frente triste de pensar la vida
pulled early mornings through your eyes...tiraba madrugadas por los ojos...
And there was the embankment with all the sky,Y estaba el terraplén con todo el cielo,
the corner of the ditch, the blue house.la esquina del zanjón, la casa azul.
Everything climbed up its mysteryTodo se fue trepando su misterio
through the slopes of your southern neighborhood.por los repechos de tu barrio sur.

Let's go,Vamos,
come back at twelve...vení de nuevo a las doce...
Let's goVamos
Barquina is waiting.que está esperando Barquina.
Let's go...Vamos...
Don't you see that Pepe tonight,¿No ves que Pepe esta noche,
don't you see that the old man tonightno ves que el viejo esta noche
won't miss the appointment?...no va a faltar a la cita?...
Let's go...Vamos...
In the end, nothing is certainTotal al fin nada es cierto
and you, brother, are awakey estás, hermano, despierto
next to Discepolín...juntito a Discepolín...

Death was already playing its milonga,Ya punteaba la muerte su milonga,
your voice silenced the goodbye that hurt us;tu voz calló el adiós que nos dolía;
after so much wandering, having too much of things,de tanto andar sobrándole a las cosas
stuck in a final, life failed.prendido en un final, falló la vida.
I know you won't come, but, even though it's cheesy,Yo sé que no vendrás pero, aunque cursi,
the wall will still wait for you,te esperará lo mismo el paredón,
and the three and two of the useless stopy el tres y dos de la parada inútil
and the fraternal rest of our love...y el resto fraternal de nuestro amor...