amanecer

Dawn

amanecer

What a wonderful museQué musa maravillosa
must have come down to kiss youhabrá bajado a besarte
and what tortuous delighty qué delicia tortuosa
must have been felt upon leaving you.habrá sentido al dejarte.

You gave yourself to set it to musicTú te diste a musicarla
with violins of ambrosiacon violines de ambrosía
and when it came time to keep ity a la hora de guardarla
you saw your hands empty.viste tus manos vacías.

Poor foolish painter,Pobre insensato pintor,
palette in hand, dawn-colored ink,paleta en mano tinta de amanecer,
breaking shadows, inventing the colorrompiendo sombras, inventando el color
that only you could, only you believed to see.que sólo tú podías, sólo tú creías ver.

So your memory flewAsí voló tu memoria
even further than your years.aún más allá que tus años.
A story is always newsSiempre es noticia una historia
of kisses and disappointments.de besos y desengaños.

Since you found the museDesde que hallaste la musa
that led you to madness,que te llevó a la locura,
your unfinished line singscanta tu línea inconclusa
the same unhealable straight line.la misma recta sin cura.