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From Girlhood Those Games Meant Little to You

Pablo Milanés

De Niña Aquellos Juegos Te Importaban Poco

De niña aquellos juegos te importaban poco,
Como si hablarle al mar fuera de locos,
Y reírse en el sol fuera fatal.

Después, cuando tu quieta inquietud te hizo pasar
De un día gris a un cielo alegre oscuro,
Donde pudieras moverte como un muro.

Te das cuenta que no hay nada que amar
Y que es terrible ese tener que dar
Y que esperar de una fruta bien podrida
Y sus hojas similares
Que te envuelven, que te pierden
En el triste camino de fango
Que tú has hecho hoy,
Que tú ensucias de tus pies hasta tu frente
Blanca, negra, muerta.

From Girlhood Those Games Meant Little to You

From girlhood those games meant little to you,
As if talking to the sea was for crazies,
And laughing in the sun was fatal.

Later, when your quiet restlessness made you go
From a gray day to a dark cheerful sky,
Where you could move like a wall.

You realize that there's nothing to love
And that it's awful to have to give
And to expect from a very rotten fruit
And its similar leaves
That envelop you, that lose you
In the sad path of mud
That you have made today,
That you dirty from your feet to your forehead
White, black, dead.

Escrita por: Pablo Milanés