El Zenzontle Pregunta Por Arlen
Eladia Blázquez
The Mockingbird Asks for Arlen
Compadre guardabarranco
brother of wind, of song and light,
tell me if in your wanderings
you saw a girl named Arlen Siu.
I saw you, mockingbird friend
a sweet star in the sugarcane field
arrow of a thousand colors
within the whispers of the reeds.
He buried in the hollow of his guitar
the clean star of his heart
he went upriver to the savannah
like a serene water lily.
Martiniano says that in the mountains
everything is revolutionary there,
that a butterfly is moving clandestinely
and its responsible is a hummingbird,
that a butterfly is moving clandestinely
and its responsible is a hummingbird.
Compadre guardabarranco
please forgive my curiosity
how was the guerrilla
that according to your signs passed by there.
I find you, mockingbird friend
that where the little Chinese girl fought until the
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a quiet spring was born
that comes to sing to it every now and then.
He buried in the hollow of his guitar
the clean star of his heart
he went upriver to the savannah
like a serene water lily.
Martiniano says that in the mountains
everything is revolutionary there,
that a butterfly is moving clandestinely
and its responsible is a hummingbird,
that a butterfly is moving clandestinely
and its responsible is a hummingbird.