Canto De Tierra Seca

Dry Land Song

Canto De Tierra Seca

My lineage knows a bitMi linaje sabe un cacho
of stews, of gazpachos and of sun,de potajes, de gazpachos y de sol,
of prickly pears, of tantrums,de higos chumbos, de rabietas,
they have filled the ditches with sweat,han llenao las cunetas con sudor,
and is it any less beautiful¿y acaso es menos hermosa
the wing of the butterfly if the sun clouds over?,el ala de la mariposa si se nubla el sol?,
I don't think so...yo creo que no...
don't you see that she doesn't care?¿no ves que a ella se la suda?
she has her beauty in her color,ella tiene su hermosura en su color,
in her color...en su color...

they have painted their destinies colorful,han pintado sus destinos coloridos,
like the gray of my lung,como el gris de mi pulmón,
they have drunk from the disdain,han bebido del desaire,
from the cramp that hunger gives to the heart,del calambre que da el hambre al corazón,
perhaps the skin that dresses the rose¿tal vez es menos rugosa
is less rough if the sun clouds over?,la piel que le viste a la rosa si se nubla el sol?,
I don't think so...yo creo que no...
don't you see that she doesn't care?¿no ves que a ella se la suda?
she has her bitterness in her color,ella tiene su amargura en su color,
in her color...en su color...

what can I know?,¿qué puedo saber yo?,
just wounded ink, I am a backstreet verse,solo tinta malherida, verso arrabalero soy,
that my gossip is your gossip today,que mi mentidero es tu mentidero hoy,
my sallow sky, I take it, wrap it and give it to you,mi cielo cetrino, lo cojo lo envuelvo y te lo doy,
that my gossip is your gossip,que mi mentidero es tu mentidero,

my breed keeps burning,mi calaña sigue ardiendo,
melting even the toughest winter,derritiendo hasta el invierno más cabrón,
what does it matter if it sheds,que le importa si desgrana,
if the morning is in heat on its balcony,si está en celo la mañana en su balcón,
perhaps this capricious life¿quizá menos dolorosa
will be less painful if the sun clouds over?,será esta vida caprichosa si se nubla el sol?,
I don't think so...yo creo que no...
don't you see that she doesn't care?,¿no ves que a ella se la suda?,
she has her madness in her color,ella tiene su locura en su color,
in her color...en su color...

let's sink,vamos a hundirnos,
for doubts live in the heights,que en las alturas viven las dudas,
that our cradleque nuestra cuna
was not made of foam or pure waterno fue de espuma ni de agua pura