Empleada de Oficina Que Atiende Al Público

I get it when you tell me it's not here
That it's somewhere else, not here
But I beg you, when you tell me
Don't make that face or use that tone
As if just assuming that it would be
Here that those kinds of matters are dealt with
Was so unbelievable, so strange, so foreign
To the simplest laws of nature
Always keep in mind that if once, one day
By order of whoever, this same office
Started taking care of those matters
No one would die, nor would the sun go out
The monkeys wouldn't speak, nor would the sea dry up
Nor would your aunt's house collapse

I get it when you tell me it's not the way
That I'm missing the signature of that man
But I beg you, when you tell me
Don't make that face or use that tone
As if the mere fact of not knowing it exists
Here this requirement was so degrading
So silly and embarrassing, daring, ignorant
So lacking in culture and so out of place
Always keep in mind that if once, one day
By order of whoever or for other reasons
The signature of that guy stopped being required
No one would be distressed, nor would bread become more expensive
And no one would abolish typewriting
And your aunt's TV wouldn't break

I get it when you tell me to bring
A certain certificate, a certain paper
But I beg you, when you tell me
Don't make that face or use that tone
As if your existence and that of your family
Were ultimately just a consequence
Of some shiny and powerful certificate
Honored with the signature of God or your boss
Always keep in mind that if once, one day
By order of whoever or by your own whim
The procedure said: No more certificates
The church wouldn't say it's heresy
Hair salons wouldn't suddenly close
And your aunt's plants wouldn't wither

I get it when you tell me to wait over there
To wait for them to call me sitting over there
But I beg you, when you tell me
Don't make that face or use that tone
As if this minute in which you attended to me
Had been so annoying to you
That you wouldn't risk it for anything in the world
To prolong it a bit by talking about other things
Always keep in mind that if once, one day
By order of whoever or out of disobedience
Someone stayed chatting with you
Your gums wouldn't get dirty with porridge
Your status wouldn't become calloused
And your aunt's dog wouldn't get disheveled