España Camisa Blanca de Mi Esperanza

Spain white shirt of my hope
dry history that burns us
just by getting close to look at it.
Pigeon seeking more starry skies
where we can understand each other without destroying
where we can sit and talk.

Spain white shirt of my hope
the black sorrow tightens us
sorrow leaves lead on the wings
I would like to put my shoulder and I put words
that almost always end up in nothing
when facing the wide sea.

Spain white shirt of my hope
sometimes mother and always stepmother
knife, neighborhood, carnation, sword.
Death always present accompanies us
in our most everyday things
and in the end makes us all the same.

Spain white shirt of my hope
sweet or bitter from outside or inside
smelling of incense, lime, and cane.
Who put the unease in our guts
made us free but without wings
left us the man and took the bread?

Spain white shirt of my hope
here you have me, no one sends me
loving you so much costs me nothing.
You always make us in your image and likeness
the good and bad in your figure
from pilgrim to nowhere.