Listen to Me

Honey, come back

Is this what you wanted?

See me torn and broken

Forever apart

 

Was I asking too much?

All I needed was a kiss

Or maybe two

And be hold in your arms

And later at night

To sleep by your side

 

Was I asking too much?

No harsh words

I begged thousand of times

But you kept looking aside

Pretending I was not there

 

But I was! Just beside you

To hold you

To support you

To love you

Until the end of times

 

You know I’d give everything

I’d fight everyone

I’d go everywhere

Only to be with you

 

But I find myself alone

Never did you love me

In fantasies I believed

All this past time

Desamor

 

¡No me amás!

¡Decímelo ya!

Tantas verdades

Que fuiste capaz

De admitir,

Y aún así

Ésta no sos capaz

De confesar.

 

¡Basta ya!

¿Acaso no estas cansado

De fingir cariño?

¿Acaso no estas harto

De tenerme a tu lado?

¿Tan insignificante soy?

¿Tan poco te importo?

¡Basta te ruego!

 

¡Piedad te imploro!

Hoy estoy cansada

Agotada de creer en “mundos

Creados” iré desalmada

Inundando desiertos

Y descargándome de la

Pesadumbre que llevo dentro

 

Sin tan sólo tus acciones

Fueran un reflejo de tus palabras

¡Pero no!

Es sólo un sueño

Del que me despierto sola

En mi almohada humedecida

Por haber llorado

Dormida y en silencio

 

Y aunque sé

que no me amás

que no me pensas

que no te importo

y que te da igual

Es muy tarde ya

Y dejar de amarte

Es irrealizable

Auto-Exilio

 

 

  Duro es el camino

Y el auto-exilio es doloroso

Pero dispuesto estás

A arriesgar tu vida

Por la ansiada libertad

 

Mas en los senderos

Que has de recorrer

Con miles de peligros

Te has de encontrar

 

Debes irte, marcharte

Correr, escapar

Buscar esa vida

Que tu amada África

No te puede dar

 

Descalzo vas

Por aquella arena

Del inmenso Sahara

Siguiendo las invisibles

Huellas de aquellos

Que mucho antes partieron

 

Temes perderte

Y te detienes

Elevando tus plegarias

Al Todopoderoso

 

Pides aliento y paz

Para soportar

Esta ardua lucha

La búsqueda de esperanzas

Por realizar

 

Pronto es de noche

Y aunque el frío

Se cuela por tus huesos

Alzas tu mirada

Y las estrellas te hablan

 

Ellas han de guiarte

Al norte, te dicen, ve

Debes seguir

Ten fe

Pronto has de llegar

 

Miles de obstáculos

Has de enfrentar

Y el más duro será

Dejar atrás y para siempre

Tu amada inmortal

 

Qué solitario es el camino

Solitario es estar solo

Te pesa haberla dejado atrás

Por no haber confiado

En que ella era capaz

 

Capaz de seguirte

Hasta el confín del universo

Capaz de brindarte aliento

Y ser tu luz en aquella

Inmensa oscuridad

 

El egoísmo desmesurado

Y la avaricia del propio bienestar

Te llevó a dejarla atrás

Pero difícil se hace el olvido

Cuando éste sólo tiene memorias

 

A catorce kilómetros

De tu ansiada libertad

“No te olvides de mi”

Tu amada África llorará

Tu ausencia e inundará el Sahara

Con la esperanza de que vuelvas

 

 

 Inspirado en gran parte en la película “14 kilómetros” (distancia que separa África de Europa), la cual trata sobre tres jóvenes africanos -Violeta, Buba y Mukela- que atraviesan todo el Sahara y se enfrentan con muchísimos inconvenientes y dificultades por conseguir su objetivo que es el de llegar a España.  Estas imágenes de rostros exhaustos dan buena fe de la dureza del viaje, un viaje que tiene su origen a miles de kilómetros de distancia y que puede durar años. Imperdible largometraje.

Viraaniya

Anguish speaks in my heart

This Middle East music

Bring only you to my mind

Where have you gone?

Do you still see me in your thoughts?

 

Sorrow is doing its part

To destroy my life

It’s made me taken up a vice

That I’ve long tried to make you quit

For hating it so much

Now it will soundlessly kill my lungs

 

I could have never imagined

Such love amazingly strong

I did not want to realize nor believe

That it is you the only one I need

 

Call it obsession or madness

Call it fascination for your green eyes,

For your passion in foreign cultures

Or for your ability in languages

 

Whichever name you want to choose

My feelings only answer to one word

Your love used to be my shelter

Now I’m abandoned without protection

Under the tempestuous sky

 

They tell me to be strong, to be patient

And not to lose my faith above all

And I’ve swore to God, my love

That for you I’d wait as long as it takes

No matter if now I’m alone and in pain

 

Being faith the only thing I’ve got left

I will try my best, I’d give my life

And I will not admit defeat till you and me

Are back again side by side

Stronger than ever

To never be torn apart

Exiled

No my love, do not cry.

No tears should be dropped tonight.

It’s not you, it’s I

I’m doing this for the best of us.

 

No my love, please don’t cry.

Forgive me for I cannot hold you

There’s no room for you in my arms

Believe me; it’s for the best of us.

 

Though feelings might be there

Deep deep inside of me

Though I might still care

I ought to do this for the best of thee.

 

Do not implore to come with me

You have dreams I cannot fulfil

I could never be the father

Of your longed dreamt kids.

 

No my love, do not shed tears

Hold them back; be strong.

You will find your path on this life

However you will have to walk alone.

 

No my love, please do not weep

I am leaving now; forever gone.

I was sent away in exile

To an extremely distant and unknown land.

 

No my love, do not hold my hands

For they must be the carriage of hope

No my love, do not kiss my lips

For they must inevitably utter goodbye.

From Within

 

 

I embrace a pain inside

Which I’m not ready to release

For I have too much

Too much of which none is mine

 

I grief in silence

For it would be so good for you

That I could give a bit of what I own

It’s too much just for me and my soul

 

The more I am in here

The more inconsiderate I feel

For not being allowed

To grant you

Not even a fragment of myself

 

Will you be annoyed at me,

When I disclose my truth to you?

Shame should fall on me

For not being thankful enough

To the Lord for what I own

 

Oh my dear,

Release me from by burden

Now even heavier than before

Blame me not, on my kneels, I beg!

For none has been my fault

 

And this pain is like a worm

That’s eating me from within

But only will it leave

When the truth has been released

Quietly

They run in silence down my face

They run without an explanation

They make me feel unsafe

 

They won’t show themselves to you

They will wait until I’m gone

They will bring black thoughts

 

Dreadfully oppressed

By this feeling of constant loneliness

I see my culminating days

 

They have placed the blame on me

They have suppressed my thoughts

They have murdered my hopes

 

In silence down my face they run

Without an explanation

Making me feel unsafe

 

By no means can I let you know

The aching pain that my heart holds

Once more I feel oppressed

 

Time and time again

I blame myself

For the wrong I always make

 

Time and time again

I blame myself

For not having words to say

 

Dreadfully oppressed

For believing myself

The cause of your unhappiness