Lo Que Me Dice Tu Boca

What Your Mouth Tells Me

Lo Que Me Dice Tu Boca

If I don't paint you prettySi no te pinto bonita
it's not because I don't love you,no es porque yo no te quiera,
because if I paint you the sameque si te pinto igualita
it's the same as eight as eighty,igual son ocho que ochenta,
that with youque contigo nunca
the math never adds up.me salen las cuentas.

Loving you so muchDe tanto quererte tanto
would hurt me so much more:tanto más daño me harías:
neither my life is what it was,ni mi vida es lo que era,
nor am I the owner of my days,ni soy dueño de mis días,
but I would diepero yo me moriría
if you left.si te fueras.

You can't leave me,No puede ser que me dejes,
that I don't paint anything anymoreque yo ya no pinte nada
and, like a drooling fool,y, como un tonto de babas,
cry for you in the corners,te llore por las esquinas,
like a child sheddingcomo un niño derramando
tears of India ink.lágrimas de tinta china.

Not all of the Brooklyn Bridge,Ni todo el Puente de Brooklyn,
the Londons and Parises,los Londres y los Parises,
that nothing tells me anymoreque a mí ya nada me dice
like what your mouth tells melo que me dice tu boca
and the imprint of your lipsy la huella de tus labios
on my glass.en mi copa.

However I look at you,Te mire como te mire,
I see you as I think of you.te veo como te pienso.
Who doesn't think of you naked¿Quién no te piensa desnuda
under the right lightbajo la luz oportuna
and your clothes on the canvasy tu ropa sobre el lienzo
of the moon?de la luna?

Not that you leave completely,Ni que te vayas del todo,
nor that you stay forever,ni que te quedes pa siempre,
nor that I go out and you come in:ni que yo salga y tú entres:
I want to rest on your skinquiero posarme en tu piel
and leave this carnationy dejar este clavel
on your belly.sobre tu vientre.

Let them take away what I've painted!¡Que me quiten lo pintao!
Who wants me to prove it,¿Quién quiere que lo demuestre,
that all prehistoric artque todo el arte rupreste
and modern paintingy la pintura moderna
are nothing comparedno son nada comparado
to your legs?con tus piernas?