Tritón

Triton

Tritón

The seaweed got tangledSe le enredaban las algas
in his hair and beardpor entre pelos y barba
and he looked like a Saint Petery parecía un San Pedro
coming back from the water.que regresara del agua.
Yesterday he was on the sandAyer estaba en la arena
shedding his scalesquitándose las escamas
from a captive mermaidde una sirena cautiva
in a pearl-lined alley.en un callejón de nácar.

Triton, triton, triton.Tritón, tritón, tritón.

He gets startled and runs,Se sobresalta y escapa,
dodging some glancesesquiva algunas miradas
because he suspects those looksque las miradas sospecha
might steal his soul.que pueden robarle el alma.
And if he had a tridentY si tuviera tridente
like the one the top dog wieldscomo tiene el que más manda
he'd face us down,con él nos hiciera frente,
piercing us with his shouts.a gritos nos ensartara.

He would come close and then leaveÉl se acercaba y se iba
like foam on the water,como la espuma en el agua
leaving a mark in the sanddejando ver en la arena
that showed where he stepped.la forma de una pisada.
With the silver shadowCon la sombra plateada
of the moon he ruled,de la luna gobernaba
controlling the tidescontrolando las mareas
in all the salty sea.en toda la mar salada.

He dreamed that one day he dreamedSoñó que un día soñaba
while looking at a white sail,mirando una vela blanca,
that the seagulls madeque las gaviotas hacían
their home with their hearts,con su corazón su casa,
that a dolphin was coveringque un delfín iba cubriendo
the sea with white sheets,la mar de sábanas blancas,
that he crossed a desertque atravesaba un desierto
that his visit couldn't reach.que su visita no abarcaba.