sortilegio
Silvio Rodriguez
spell
What do you do one morning
when you see the sunrise
and life is a long
walk to take
What do you do if that time
was strange and familiar
and whispered in your ear
everything that will happen
What do you do if the memory
resembles the future
What do you do if inside
it asks you to go out
What do you do if the clouds
draw you everywhere
spells that you knew
spells to learn
Spell spell
from the cup to the root
spell spell
every street is your country
Spell spell
from the tribe to the nation
spell spell
every day is your song
Tolerance tolerance
little word on the table
few dishes serve it
many mouths to feed
Twenty-one twenty-one
firmament of the two thousand
in the sky the dove
is in the sight of the rifle
What do you do one morning
when everything that was
seems like a crumb
to what could be
What do you do what do you do
if not perhaps breathe
and with your sip of air
get up and walk
Spell spell
from the cup to the root
spell spell
every street is your country
Spell spell
from the tribe to the nation
spell spell
every day is your song
