Palabras Para Julia

You can't go back
Because life is already pushing you
Like an endless howl.

My daughter, it's better to live
With the joy of men,
Than to cry in front of the blind wall.

You will feel cornered,
You will feel lost or alone,
Maybe you'll wish you hadn't been born.

I know very well they will tell you
That life has no purpose,
That it's an unfortunate matter.

Then always remember
What one day I wrote
Thinking of you as I do now.

A man alone, a woman
Taken like this, one by one,
Are like dust, they are nothing.

But when I speak to you,
When I write you these words,
I also think of other men.

Your destiny is in others,
Your future is your own life,
Your dignity is everyone's.

Others hope you resist,
That your joy helps them,
Your song among their songs.

Then always remember
What one day I wrote
Thinking of you as I do now.

Never give up or turn away
By the wayside, never say
I can't go on and here I stay.

Life is beautiful, you'll see
How despite everything
You'll have love, you'll have friends.

For the rest there's no choice
And this world as it is
Will be all your heritage.

Forgive me, I can't tell you
Anything else, but understand
That I'm still on the road.

And always always remember
What one day I wrote
Thinking of you as I do now.