Como El Viento de Poniente

Like the West Wind

Como El Viento de Poniente

As a child, I didn't like books or cassocksDe niño no me gustaban los libros ni las sotanas
if going out in procession,si salir en procesión,
I was as disobedient as the west wind,eran tan desobediente como el viento de poniente,
rebellious and playful,revoltoso y juguetón,

instead of looking at the skyen vez de mirar pal cielo
I started measuring the ground I had to walk on,me puse a medir el suelo que me tocaba de andar,
and I never followed the flock,y nunca seguí el rebaño,
because neither the shepherd nor the master were trustworthy,porque ni el pastor ni el amo eran gente de fiar,

like the one who is silent, agrees,como aquel que calla, otorga,
and although ignorance is deaf,y aunque la ignorancia es sorda,
I was able to raise my voice,pude levantar la voz,
louder than the barking of the pampered dogsmás fuerte que los ladríos de los perros consentíos
and the voice of the shepherd.y que la voz del pastor.

I started running racesempecé haciendo carreras
through shortcuts and narrow paths for me,por atajos y veredas muy estrechas para mí,
and my neighbors saidy decían mis vecinos
I was on the wrong path, away from the fold,que llevaba mal camino apartado del redil,

I was always that black sheepsiempre fui esa oveja negra
that knew how to dodge the stones thrown at it,que supo esquivar las piedras que le tiraban a dar,
and as the years go byy entre más pasan los años
I move further away from the flock because I don't know where it's going.más me aparto del rebaño porque no sé a donde va.