Woman in Love
this odd dismal habit of living
this hidden joke of life
it pulls you alejandra don’t deny it
today you looked in the mirror
and were sad you were alone
the rumbling light the air sang
but your love did not return
you’ll send messages you’ll smile
your hands will shake thus
your love loving so
you hear the lunatic siren that robbed
the boat with beards of foam
where laughter died
you remember the last embrace
oh no anguish
she laughs in the handkerchief cries to cackles
but closes the doors on your face
so they will not soon say
that beloved woman was you
the days sting you
the nights blame
life hurts you more and more
desperate, where are you going
desperate, nothing more
Translated from the Spanish by Jason Stumpf