Mario Benedetti, one of my favourite authors died today.
Rest in peace our beloved Poet.
No te salves
No te quedes inmóvil
al borde del camino
no congeles el júbilo
no quieras con desgana
no te salves ahora
ni nunca
no te salves
no te llenes de calma
no reserves del mundo
sólo un rincón tranquilo
no dejes caer los párpados
pesados como juicios
no te quedes sin labios
no te duermas sin sueño
no te pienses sin sangre
no te juzgues sin tiempo
pero si
pese a todo
no puedes evitarlo
y congelas el júbilo
y quieres con desgana
y te salvas ahora
y te llenas de calma
y reservas del mundo
sólo un rincón tranquilo
y dejas caer los párpados
pesados como juicios
y te secas sin labios
y te duermes sin sueño
y te piensas sin sangre
y te juzgas sin tiempo
y te quedas inmóvil
al borde del camino
y te salvas
entonces
no te quedes conmigo.
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Don't Save Yourself
At the edge of the road
Don’t freeze the joy
Don’t love half-heartedly
Don’t save yourself now
or ever
Don’t save yourself
Don’t get filled with calm
Don’t reserve in the world
Only a secure place
Don’t let your eyelids
fall heavily as judgments
Don’t speak without lips
Don’t sleep without sleepiness
Don’t imagine yourself without blood
Don’t judge yourself without time.
But if in spite of everything
You can’t help it,
And you freeze the joy
And you love half-heartedly
And you save yourself now,
And you get filled with calm
And you reserve in the world
Only a calm place,
And you let your eyelids fall
Heavily as judgments,
And you speak without lips,
And you sleep without sleepiness,
And you imagine yourself without blood,
And you judge yourself without time
And you remain immobile
At the edge of the road,
And you save yourself
Then
Don’t stay with me.
