Luces Errantes

Wandering Lights

Luces Errantes

A boy flies a kiteUn muchacho vuela una cometa
Above a cornered city.Sobre una ciudad acorralada.
On the wall, his figure playsSobre el muro su figura juega
Painting a hundred thousand white doves.A pintar cien mil palomas blancas.
He holds the string with that strengthAgarra el cordel con esa fuerza
Of someone who has lost almost everything.De quien ha perdido casi todo.
He doesn't let his kite escape.No deja escapar a su cometa.
From above, he will seeDesde lo alto se verá
His home, the olive grove,Su casa, el olivar,
His yesterday and his hopefully.Su ayer y su ojalá.

A man watches the kiteUn hombre vigila la cometa
Raising his gaze to the sky.Levantando su mirada al cielo.
The future is just a promiseEl futuro es sólo una promesa
And home is just a memory.Y el hogar tan sólo es un recuerdo.
Far from his home, a man waitsLejos de su casa un hombre espera
For hands to save him from the silence.Manos que le salven del silencio.
Paper flowers carried by the windFlores de papel el aire lleva
And under the rubbleY bajo los escombros
Trembles that starTirita aquella estrella
That marks his return.Que marca su retorno.

Wandering lightsLuces errantes
In a foreign land,En tierra extraña,
Shadows of the past.Sombras del pasado.
Uncomfortable and fragile memory,Memoria incómoda y frágil,
Our legacy.Nuestro legado.
Look at me: I exist,Mírame: existo,
Dream and breathe,Sueño y respiro,
Although somewhat tired.Aunque algo cansado.
I will carry to your homeLlevaré hasta tu casa
Olive branches in my hands.Ramas de olivo en mis manos.
Postponed future,Futuro aplazado,
Hard path of the refugee.Duro camino del refugiado.
Wandering lightsLuces errantes
In a foreign land,En tierra extraña,
Shadows of the past.Sombras del pasado.

Paper birds fly overAves de papel hoy sobrevuelan
The beach that was blood and thorn.La playa que fue sangre y espina.
The breeze pushes a thousand kitesLa brisa empuja a mil cometas
As if blowing on a wound.Como quien sopla sobre una herida.
He holds the string with that strengthAgarra el cordel con esa fuerza
Of someone who has lost almost everything.De quien ha perdido casi todo.
He doesn't let his kite escape.No deja escapar a su cometa.
From above, he will seeDesde lo alto se verá
His home, the olive grove,Su casa, el olivar,
His yesterday and his hopefully.Su ayer y su ojalá.

They know nothing of forgetting and bordersNada saben de olvido y fronteras
The wind that tangles your hairEl viento que enreda tu cabello
And among clouds, rocks the kitesY entre nubes mece a las cometas
Painting the sky with colors.Que pintan de colores el cielo.
Like a bird that always returnsComo un ave que siempre regresa
To the place where dreams are born,Al lugar en que nacen los sueños,
My sweet kite flies high.Vuela en lo alto mi dulce cometa.
And tomorrow will openY se abrirán mañana
The heart, the pathEl corazón, la senda
That leads to your home.Que lleva hasta tu casa.

Wandering lightsLuces errantes
In a foreign land,En tierra extraña,
Shadows of the past.Sombras del pasado.
Uncomfortable and fragile memory,Memoria incómoda y frágil,
Our legacy.Nuestro legado.
Look at me: I exist,Mírame: existo,
Dream and breathe,Sueño y respiro,
Although somewhat tired.Aunque algo cansado.
I will carry to your homeLlevaré hasta tu casa
Olive branches in my hands.Ramas de olivo en mis manos.
Postponed future,Futuro aplazado,
Hard path of the refugee.Duro camino del refugiado.
Uncomfortable and fragile memory,Memoria incómoda y frágil,
Path by your side.Camino a tu lado.
I will carry to your homeLlevaré hasta tu casa
Olive branches in my hands.Ramas de olivo en mis manos.
Postponed future,Futuro aplazado,
Hard path of the refugee.Duro camino del refugiado.
Wandering lightsLuces errantes
In a foreign land,En tierra extraña,
Shadows of the past.Sombras del pasado.