Sabana Y Mantel
María Elena Walsh
Sheet and Tablecloth
(Guajira)
Sheet and tablecloth.
Sheet and tablecloth.
They are rags of a human being
if they let him be human.
Simple finery of the poor
and not the luxury of the bourgeois
who can have a lot
but not have someone to share with.
Sheet and tablecloth.
Sheet and tablecloth.
The child of the elements
weaves them more than once
and can with green leaves
decorate his nakedness.
Savage is the one who sleeps greedily
and kills hunger standing.
Sheet and tablecloth.
Sheet and tablecloth.
They are not given to you in prison
and even if they are given to you
in exile they do not usually
relieve sleep or thirst
because they do not know the story
written on your skin.
Sheet and tablecloth.
Sheet and tablecloth.
One stained with wine
a sign of joy
and the other dampened
with the dew of love
may they not be lacking for anyone
in this cruel world.
Sheet and tablecloth.
Sheet and tablecloth.
