Maga

Maga

Maga

A few gray hairs adorned your hair andUna que otra cana adornaban tu cabellera y
Your pretentious walk moving your hips, like theTu pretencioso caminar moviendo las caderas, como la
Lady from that novel and such a green gaze that your black fleeceDoña de aquella novela y una mirada tan verde que tu polar negra
Seemed like a vintage, excuse my clumsiness, that spill of beer that almostParecía solera, disculpa mi torpeza, aquel derrame de cerveza que por poco
Wet our whole table, prejudiced by nature, I almost thought illMoja toda nuestra mesa, prejuicioso por naturaleza, llegue a pensar mal
Because of how insecure you were about your beautyPor lo insegura que estabas de tu belleza

The night is just beginning you saidLa noche apenas empieza dijiste
And jokingly we ended up at the part where you undressY entre chiste terminamos en la parte donde te desvistes
Your eyes seemed like fireTus ojos parecían de fuego
Maybe because of the hunger you had for me plus what you smoked later, my fingersTal vez por el hambre que me tenías más lo que fumaste luego, mis dedos
Strolled over your slender perfect bodySe paseaban por tu esbelto cuerpo perfecto
That seemed designed by architectsQue parecía diseñado por arquitectos
My hands roamed over your slender perfect bodyMis manos merodeaban por tu esbelto cuerpo perfecto
That seemed sculpted by some masterQue parecía esculpido por algún maestro

Your panties were the only piece of fabric andTu blúmer era lo único de tela y
You asked me if I thought you were a loose womanMe preguntaste si pensaba que eras mujerzuela
But I never saw you as a loose woman but as the magicianPero nunca te vi como una mujerzuela sino como a la maga
That Cortázar described in Hopscotch andQue describió Cortázar en Rayuela y
It was all worth it, I thought, as I kissed the scar on your legTodo valió la pena, pensaba, mientras besaba la cicatriza de tu pierna
If I called you crazy, remember, I'd rather be loved by a crazy woman than tied up by a ropeSi te dije loca, recuerda, prefiero ser amado por una loca que amarrado por una cuerda
It was a true pleasure, to see you walk so seriously from right to leftFue un verdadero placer, verte caminar tan seria de derecha a izquierda
And it was ineffable to lose my sense of this world being between your legsY fue algo inefable perder mi noción de este mundo estando entre tus piernas

And you and I, you and I, you and IY es que tú y yo, tú y yo, tú y yo
We must have been lovers in our past lifeTuvimos que ser amantes en nuestra vida anterior
Only that would explain the symmetry of the sporadic daySolo eso explicaría la simetría del esporádico día
When we made loveEn el que hicimos el amor
And you and I, you and I, you and IY es que tú y yo, tú y yo, tú y yo
We must have been lovers in our past lifeTuvimos que ser amantes en nuestra vida anterior
Only that would explain the synchrony of your pelvis with mineSolo eso explicaría la sincronía de tu pelvis con la mía
When we made loveCuando hacíamos el amor