Perfect Life

Vida perfecta

Perfect Life

Cuando tenía 13 años tuve una hermana durante 6 meses
When I was 13 I had a sister for 6 months
Llegó una mañana de febrero
She arrived one february morning
Pálido y conmocionado, de vidas pasadas que no podía imaginar
Pale and shellshocked, from past lives I could not imagine
Ella era 3 años mayor que yo, pero en poco tiempo nos hicimos amigos
She was 3 years older than me, but in no time we became friends

Escuchábamos sus cintas mezcladas: Dead Can Dance, Filter, This Mortal Coil
We’d listen to her mix tapes; Dead Can Dance, Filter, This Mortal Coil
Me presentó sus libros favoritos, me dio ropa, y mi primer cigarrillo
She introduced me to her favourite books, gave me clothes, and my first cigarette
A veces nos dirigíamos a Blackbirds Moor
Sometimes we would head down to Blackbirds Moor
Para ver las barcazas en Grand Union en el crepúsculo
To watch the barges on Grand Union in the twilight.
Dijo que «el agua no tiene memoria
She said “the water has no memory.”

Durante unos meses todo en nuestras vidas fue perfecto
For a few months everything about our lives was perfect
Éramos sólo nosotros, éramos inseparables
It was only us, we were inseparable
Pero poco a poco, ella pasó a otra parte distante de mi memoria
But gradually, she passed into another distant part of my memory
Hasta que ya no pude recordar su rostro
Until I could no longer remember her face
Su voz, incluso su nombre
Her voice, even her name

Tenemos
We have got
Tenemos la vida perfecta
We have got the perfect life...