Apenas Un Borrego
José Larralde
Just a Sheep
Just a sheep and already woolly
with the eagerness of a male and half nettle
like a little mule, he gets grumpy
and doesn't even accept a reason that is told to him
No, maybe he brings a good one from being brave
in the report card they send from school
to give a big joy like that
to those who stay awake to see him wise.
Or maybe someone gets close to the house
and among conversations and other things
I go out knowing that they are not scarce
the good things they comment about you.
But until now I don't see or hear
except for some grumbling from you.
How little a tree is worth if the saw
cuts a branch and adjusts a weed.
I know that I don't pile up more reasons
than the reason of being a poor countryman
And if I have any weight, it's on my back
and some owl digging a hole.
But I also have something
that will remind you as long as it exists
And it won't be so easy to forget
even if you pretend to be very experienced
maybe it will hurt you that I was a countryman
but if you step wrong, you will burn
the fire of honor doesn't burn the bun
but a man is capable of scorching
any man who boasts of being a man
must be a man even if it hurts
Win, lose or scratch a draw
is usually forgotten like a toothache
but being right is not just anything
reason is to see the light and give it in life
And fight for the respect it deserves
even if that light goes out in a wound.
You can walk around the bones
for some reason that I don't understand
but if it fits well, there will be no fat that resists
the whip even if it's a donkey
smooth your brow, it shouldn't be that much
wrinkle it when you bend your back
get angry when there is an injustice and then yes,
don't back down at all.
But until now I don't see or hear
except for some grumbling from you.
How little a tree is worth if the saw
cuts a branch and adjusts a weed.