Hacia El Porvenir
Silvio Rodriguez
Towards the Future
Towards the future shadows departed.
Heading towards tomorrow some darkness
went to survive, because today's sun
couldn't take it anymore.
The dawns won't be complete.
Complaints of mine will show in the clarity,
because what I so much aimed for
will be delayed.
No matter how much I wanted to bless myself
and purify myself more,
I was flesh,
I was me.
What one hand did with love
the other hand broke with indifference.
I don't think it was in vain,
but it could have been much better.
Towards the future shadows departed.
When I can't reach, I can only warn.
If someone hears me there, don't forget
to illuminate.
