Carta De Un Leon A Otro
Perdona, hermano mio, si te digo
que ganas de escribirte no he tenido.
No se si es el encierro, no se si es la comida
o el tiempo que ya llevo en esta vida.
Lo cierto es que el zoologico deprime
y el mal no se redime sin carin~o.
Si no es por esos nin~os, que acercan su alegria,
seria mas amargo todavia.
A ti te ira mejor, espero,
viajando por el mundo entero,
aunque el domador, segun me cuentas,
te obligue a trabajar mas de la cuenta.
Tu tienes que entender, hermano,
que el amo tiene de villano:
al no poder mandar a quien quisiera
descarga su poder sobre las fieras.
Muchos humanos
son importantes
silla mediante,
latigo en mano.
Pero volviendo a mi, nada ha cambiado
aqui desde que fuimos separados.
Hay algo, sin embargo, que noto entre la gente
parece que miraran diferente.
Sus ojos han perdido algun destello
como si fueran ellos los cautivos.
Yo se lo que te digo, apuesta lo que quieras
que afuera tienen miles de problemas.
Volver a la naturaleza
seria su mayor riqueza.
Alli podran amarse libremente
y no hay ningun zoologico de gente.
Cuidate, hermano,
yo no se cuando,
pero ese dia
viene llegando.
Letter From One Lion To Another
Forgive me, my brother, if I tell you
that I haven't felt like writing to you.
I don't know if it's the confinement, I don't know if it's the food
or the time I've been in this life.
The truth is that the zoo depresses
and evil is not redeemed without love.
If it weren't for those children, who bring their joy,
it would be even more bitter.
You will do better, I hope,
traveling around the world,
even though the tamer, as you tell me,
makes you work more than you should.
You have to understand, brother,
that the master has a villain:
not being able to control who he wants
takes out his power on the beasts.
Many humans
are important
with a chair in hand,
whip in hand.
But coming back to me, nothing has changed
here since we were separated.
There is something, however, that I notice among the people
it seems like they look different.
Their eyes have lost some sparkle
as if they were the captives.
I know what I'm telling you, bet whatever you want
that outside they have thousands of problems.
Returning to nature
would be their greatest wealth.
There they can love each other freely
and there are no people zoos.
Take care, brother,
I don't know when,
but that day
is coming.