A Mi Padre

To My Father

A Mi Padre

He walks tired and with sixty-something years behind himTiene el andar cansado y a sus espaldas
of hope.sesenta y tantos años de esperanza.
He has a house,Tiene una casa,
executioner of his hands and his back.verdugo de sus manos y sus espaldas.
When the day breaks, he walks and singsCuando amanece el día camina y canta
looking for the earth's depths,buscando de la tierra en las entrañas,
the warm bread,el pan caliente,
miracle he performs every morning.milagro que realiza cada mañana.

He is an apprentice of everything, master of nothingEs aprendiz de todo, maestro en nada
he is a poet in his own way, he likes the dawnes poeta a su modo, le gusta el alba
and in his handsy entre sus manos
and in his handsy entre sus manos
some wounds bloom in secret.florecen a escondidas algunas llagas.

His body is tired, his soul is tiredTiene cansado el cuerpo, cansada el alma
he has a question on his facetiene un interrogante sobre su cara
he has a pathtiene un camino
he has a pathtiene un camino
he likes to be a friend to his friends.le gusta ser amigo de sus amigos.

He wanted to change his life, leave the villageQuiso cambiar su vida, dejar la aldea
but it didn't go beyond being a chimera,mas no pasó de ser una quimera,
a chimera,una quimera,
that fell asleep in the earth.que se quedo dormida entre la tierra.

His body is tired, his soul is tiredTiene cansado el cuerpo, cansada el alma
he wears a white shirt on his chestluce sobre su pecho camisa blanca
with his gazecon su mirada
with his gazecon su mirada
he tells me that life is worth nothing.me dice que la vida no vale nada.