Tuesday 11 March 2014

11-M: Ten years....

March 11th 2004... 11-M... ten years after the terrorist train bombing at Madrid...
We don't forget...



If I were more pretty
and a bit smarter
If I were special,
Off a magazine cover
I would have the strength
to cross the train
and ask you who you are.
You sit in the front
and you don’t even imagine
that only for you
my best skirt am I wearing.
and as I see you yawn
that crystal panel
my eyes well up.
Suddenly, you see me
I watch you and you sigh,
As I close my eyes,
you turn back silently,
I hardly breathe,
I feel so small
and I begin to tremble.
And thus days go by,
from Monday to Friday,
as the flying swallows
of the poem of Becquer,
from station to station
we sit there, you and I
and so passes the silence.
Suddenly, you see me
I watch you and you sigh,
As I close my eyes,
you turn back silently,
I hardly breathe,
I feel so small
and I begin to tremble.
And then sudden, it happens,
and my lips wake up
pronouncing your name
in a stuttering voice,
You’re probably thinking
“Such a foolish girl!”
and I want to die.
But then the time stops,
You approach to me,
you whisper…
“I do not know you,
But I already miss you.
You know, every morning
I skip the direct route
and board this train”
And now, we are arriving
and my life is changing.
Such a special day
this eleventh of March.
You take my hand,
we enter a tunnel
that turns off the light.
With the help of my hands,
I find your face
I kiss you on the lips
I become very brave
you say that you love me,
and I grant you
the last beat of my heart...


Share |

2 comments:

  1. Nice video and song. That's a good way to remember.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Very moving Rafa. Thanks for the translation.

    ReplyDelete