Carta De Un Leon A Otro

Letter From One Lion To Another

Carta De Un Leon A Otro

Forgive me, my brother, if I tell youPerdona, hermano mio, si te digo
that I haven't felt like writing to you.que ganas de escribirte no he tenido.
I don't know if it's the confinement, I don't know if it's the foodNo se si es el encierro, no se si es la comida
or the time I've been in this life.o el tiempo que ya llevo en esta vida.

The truth is that the zoo depressesLo cierto es que el zoologico deprime
and evil is not redeemed without love.y el mal no se redime sin carin~o.
If it weren't for those children, who bring their joy,Si no es por esos nin~os, que acercan su alegria,
it would be even more bitter.seria mas amargo todavia.

You will do better, I hope,A ti te ira mejor, espero,
traveling around the world,viajando por el mundo entero,
even though the tamer, as you tell me,aunque el domador, segun me cuentas,
makes you work more than you should.te obligue a trabajar mas de la cuenta.

You have to understand, brother,Tu tienes que entender, hermano,
that the master has a villain:que el amo tiene de villano:
not being able to control who he wantsal no poder mandar a quien quisiera
takes out his power on the beasts.descarga su poder sobre las fieras.

Many humansMuchos humanos
are importantson importantes
with a chair in hand,silla mediante,
whip in hand.latigo en mano.

But coming back to me, nothing has changedPero volviendo a mi, nada ha cambiado
here since we were separated.aqui desde que fuimos separados.
There is something, however, that I notice among the peopleHay algo, sin embargo, que noto entre la gente
it seems like they look different.parece que miraran diferente.

Their eyes have lost some sparkleSus ojos han perdido algun destello
as if they were the captives.como si fueran ellos los cautivos.
I know what I'm telling you, bet whatever you wantYo se lo que te digo, apuesta lo que quieras
that outside they have thousands of problems.que afuera tienen miles de problemas.

Returning to natureVolver a la naturaleza
would be their greatest wealth.seria su mayor riqueza.
There they can love each other freelyAlli podran amarse libremente
and there are no people zoos.y no hay ningun zoologico de gente.

Take care, brother,Cuidate, hermano,
I don't know when,yo no se cuando,
but that daypero ese dia
is coming.viene llegando.