No Quiero Otro

I Don't Want Another One

No Quiero Otro

The stubborn one is leaving nowYa se marcha el retobado
heart that was given to me.corazón que me fue dado.
Said 'Bye...' and my arteriesDijo "Chau..." y se poblaron
filled with handkerchiefs.mis arterias de pañuelos.
Time whistles a brief crySilba el tiempo un breve llanto
for my detached blood.por mi sangre desasida.
I prepare for the simpleMe preparo para el límite
limit of things.sencillo de las cosas.
He's leaving because it's his time,Se me va porque es su hora,
he's leaving. I don't want another one.se me va. No quiero otro.

It was inaugurated long agoFue hace mucho inaugurado
and in a courtyard with geraniumsy en un patio con malvones
he unraveled the dovesdestejía a las palomas
to hear deep messages.para oír mensajes hondos.
He kept from those daysLe quedó de aquellos días
the wide, left-handed, and sad being,el ser ancho y zurdo y triste,
and his most rebelliousy su parte más cachorra
part forever uprising.sublevada para siempre.
He lasted as long asMe duró lo que tenía
he had to. I don't want another one.que durar. No quiero otro.

With his electrocardiogramCon su electrocardiograma
resembling that of tangos,parecido al de los tangos,
he had mysterious strugglestuvo luchas misteriosas
he never spoke to me about.que jamás habló conmigo.
Heart that in the darknessCorazón que en la tiniebla
that I sometimes have inside,que por dentro a veces tengo,
unfolded an infinitedesplegaba un infinito
bitter rooster of fight.gallo amargo de pelea.
He was the only possibleEra el único posible
for me. I don't want another one.para mí. No quiero otro.

But how he loved you,Pero a vos, cómo te quiso,
how much he loved you.con qué ganas que te quiso.
With what fervor he defendedCon que ahínco defendía
his joys for you.para vos sus alegrías.
In the end, not to forget you,Al final, por no olvidarte,
he tied knots in his veins,se hizo nudos en las venas,
and, upon leaving, licked your shadowy, al partir, lamió a tu sombra
his loyal, cast sadness.su leal tristeza echada.
Ah, my old heartAh, mi viejo corazón
of brave love. I don't want another one.del bravo amor. No quiero otro.

I forgot about him from time to time,Lo olvidé de tanto en tanto,
but in the end I understoodpero al cabo he comprendido
that I have only livedque he vivido, solamente,
every time I listened to him.cada vez que le hice caso.
I end up on bad terms with God and the Devil;Mal con Dios y con el Diablo
but in the end, he stays;se me queda al fin de cuentas;
but he stays, I believe,pero queda, así lo creo,
hand in hand with life.mano a mano con la vida.
He was the only possibleFue lo único posible
for him. I don't want another one.para él. No quiero otro.

Cover him with three shovelfulsCubranló con tres paladas
of earth, in a corner,de planeta, en una esquina,
he wanted to dedicate himself,que él quería dedicarse,
completely, to being asphalt.por entero, a ser asfalto.
Let him become a floor,Dejenló volverse piso,
let him rot with dignity,que se pudra dignamente,
let him ferment in an open streetque fermente en calle abierta
provoking pavementsprovocando pavimentos
for everything that haspara todo lo que tiene
to come. I don't want another one.que venir. No quiero otro.

(To Marcus Lohlé)(A Marcus Lohlé)