No Te Cambio

Companion, if I move away one day
An afternoon, a morning, a June
The departure is only momentary
I don't write to you in farewell
Because I don't build a wall

I carry your waist under my arm
Every note shines in every applause
A song heals any absence
And lightens the impatience
Of returning to your embrace

I won't trade you for a verse
A voice, a word
You are part of this attempt
Of these hands, of this cause
And a tune is not worth
More than the tone of your body
When it falls on the pillow
The storm of your hair

Companion, if you wake someone up
Think that we are one in silence
Solitude is good fortune
When it shines in the wait
Of the one who promised to return

This truth is not antagonism
Against the truth that protects us
There is no rivalry, there is no abyss
Between metrics and rhythms
And my mouth on your back