Sunday, 22 September 2013

Torturador y Espejo



















Mirate
así
qué cangrejo monstruoso atenazó tu infancia
qué paliza paterna te generó cobarde
qué tristes sumisiones te hicieron despiadado

no escapes a tus ojos
mirate
así

dónde están las walquirias que no pudiste
la primera marmita de tus sañas
te metiste en crueldades de once varas
y ahora el odio te sigue como un buitre

no escapes a tus ojos
mirate
así

aunque nadie te mate
sos cadáver

aunque nadie te pudra
estás podrido

dios te ampare
o mejor
dios te reviente.

Mario Benedetti


Torturer with mirror 

Here
look at you

what monstrous crab gripped your childhood
what paternal beating made you a coward
what miserable submissions made you so heartless

don't avoid your sight
here
look at you

where are the Valkyries you couldn't handle
the first boiling pot with your rage

you got involved in cruelties way over your head
and now hatred chases you like a vulture

don't avoid your sight
here

look at you

although nobody killed you 
you're already dead

although nobody led you to decay
you're already rotten

god help you
or better yet
god annihilate you

translated by Aziz Odilon


(Picture: Untitled, Zdislav Beksinski)

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