Hoy Te Vas

Today my daughter visits me at home
For the first time
She will bring a flowery dress
Her smile and her thinness

It's just that she recently told me
I am already grown up and I want to leave
I have work very far away
I want a place for myself

She searched and showed me desires
I contributed reality
I said, sitting on the bed
Did you realize? Today you leave

Today you leave, today you leave
Today a whole life remains
In the past, behind

I couldn't help but show
Moisture in my eyes
I saw her smiling face, at school
When she saw me arrive

And taking her to the theater
Seeing her get off and run
Ten meters to the entrance
And wave when turning

And then trotting just
Years later walking
More concerned about the step
Than the time to arrive

Her voice is not in the air
Her characters are not there
Her insomnia walks
Knocking on doors, they are not there

Today you leave, today you leave
Today a whole life remains
In the past, behind
Today you leave, today you leave
Today a whole life remains
In the past, behind

Today she visits me, today she comes
My daughter who left, you will know
I told her: Although there always remains open
Today you close a door

We had tea, and I asked her
To tell me about work
She also spoke of her boyfriend
And the flowers of the neighbor downstairs

And then, as if in passing
Playing with some crumbs
Blinking something light
And restraining the intrigue

She wanted to know if her room
Was still hers today
If her place at the table
Was the same and remained

I gave her ambiguous answers
I talked about her two brothers
I minimized the pain and
Although I wanted to avoid it

Because here I am the father
And I always had it clear
Children one day leave
Because it is a marked destiny

I made her hurt a little
And, not because I am cruel or evil
But because she left
And I was left abandoned

Today you leave, today you leave
Today a whole life remains
In the past, behind
Today you leave, today you leave
Today a whole life remains
In the past, behind

Today my daughter visits me at home