Como Un Dolor de Muelas

Like a Toothache

Como Un Dolor de Muelas

As if my desires were coming to a good endComo si llegaran a buen puerto mis ansias
As if there was a place to become strongComo si hubiera donde hacerse fuerte
As if there was finally a destiny for my stepsComo si hubiera poor fin destino para mis pasos
As if I found my true selfComo si encontrara mi verdad primera

Like bringing each morning to todayComo traerse al hoy cada mañana
Like a deep and quiet sighComo un suspiro profundo y quedo
Like a relieved toothacheComo un dolor de muelas aliviado

Like the impossible finally doneComo lo imposible por fin hecho
As if someone truly loved meComo si alguien de veras me quisiera
As if a good poem finally came outComo si al fin un buen poema me saliera
A prayerUna oración

As if the sand sang in the desertComo si la arena cantara en el desierto
The sirens' songs of the dead seaLos cantos de sirena del mar muerto
As if there were enough stairs to growComo si para crecer sobraran las escaleras
As if a blind person wrote an open bookComo si escribiera un ciego un libro abierto

Come populate the baseboard with eyesVen a poblar el zócalo de ojos
Sow with crumbs of warm breadSiembra de migas de pan caliente
My teenage camphor gray hairsMis canas de alcanfor adolescente

Give voice to the deaf and wings to the lamePonle al sordo voz y alas al cojo
Bless our rice, our minuteBendice nuestro arroz, nuestro minuto
As if we were not accomplices of mourningComo si no fuéramos cómplices del luto
Of the heartDel corazón