The Newspaper Seller

El Vendedor de Diarios

The newspaper sellerEl vendedor de diarios
who shouts at my windowque grita en mi ventana
has five childrentiene cinco hijos
who brighten his mornings,que alegran sus mañanas,
who pull him, in a leap,que lo sacan, de un salto,
from his poor cotde su camastro pobre
and take him, running,y lo llevan, corriendo,
through the streets and streets.por las cuadras y cuadras.

The newspaper sellerEl vendedor de diarios
who shouts at my window,que grita en mi ventana,
has a partnertiene una compañera
as pure as water,tan pura como el agua,
that sometimes falls,esa que cae, a veces,
in torrents from the skya torrentes del cielo
to water the spikepara regar la espiga
that the homeland shells.que la patria desgrana.

He also has a sorrow,También tiene una pena,
and it's fair that he has it,y es justo que la tenga,
he's a common manes un hombre común
knows little about letters,poco sabe de letras,
under his arm the worldbajo su brazo el mundo
walks, in silence,se pasea, en silencio,
but he doesn't know itpero él no lo conoce
because he doesn't have time.porque no tiene tiempo.

You have to earn your bread,Hay que ganarse el pan,
he told me one morning,me dijo una mañana,
when I spoke to him about Chile,cuando le hablé de Chile,
about Chile, about the homeland,de Chile, de la patria,
me in silk pajamas,yo en pijama de seda,
him all in denim,él todo de mezclilla,
with a big patchcon un parche grandote
somewhere on his knee.por ahí en la rodilla.

Excuse me sir, he said,Perdone caballero, me dijo,
the world is shitel mundo es una mierda
and a tear,y una lágrima,
bitter with misery,amarga de miseria,
fell from his face,le cayó de la cara,
brilliant like a jewel,brillante como joya,
wetting a newspaperempapando en un diario
the size of his dick.el gordo de la polla.

Then he ran away,Después se fue corriendo,
maybe because he didn't wantquizá porque no quiso
to cry in front of a boyllorar ante un muchacho
who could be his son,que puede ser su hijo,
and he left me thinkingy me dejó pensando
about the river of blooden el río de sangre
that the world has to cryque tiene que llorar el mundo
to kill hunger.para matar el hambre.

The newspaper seller,El vendedor de diarios,
who shouts at my window,que grita en mi ventana,
is a man, a man,es un hombre, un hombre,
What about the others? Almost nothing.¿Los demás? Casi nada.