I Come From

Yo Vengo

I come from the land where a childYo vengo de la tierra donde un niño
Became a lonely river without a flowSe hizo río solitario y sin caudal
That invisibly travels the path of silenceQue invisible va camino del silencio
And is a friend of the Moon and the thrushY es amigo de la Luna y el zorzal

I come from the eyes of farmersYo vengo de unos ojos campesinos
That lit up every step of my wayQue alumbraron cada paso de mi andar
And filled it with mint and tangerinesY aromaron de poleo y mandarinas
The ashes of my mineral childhoodLas cenizas de mi infancia mineral

Like a whistle that escaped from the mountainsComo un silbo que ha escapado de los montes
A melancholic and fleeting whistleQue es un silbo melancólico y fugaz
Nurtured by the peace of the mistMaternado por la paz de los mistoles
And a wound that could never healY una herida que jamás pudo cerrar
I comeYo vengo

I come from that brownish courtyardYo vengo de ese patio amarronado
Genealogical wood of songGenealógica madera de canción
From the cosmic silhouette of a quebrachoDe la cósmica silueta de un quebracho
That sinks blood deep into my voiceQue se hunde sangre adentro de mi voz

I come from the side of some windYo vengo del costado de algún viento
That sighed in August far from the seaQue un agosto suspiró lejos del mar
From an afternoon colored by coyotesDe una siesta coloreada de coyuyos
And a miraculous and ancestral thornY una espina milagrosa y ancestral