Amigas

And they surround me
Tall, short, pretty and ugly friends
Resilient but unarmed, good and bad
And some days just tired.

Tested
Old as the sphinx and new, new
They like to be as tall as the moon; but also
Become as tiny as olives.

Who turn the eternal into the everyday
Who live without fear of death
Who fight hand to hand with luck until
It sweetly eats from their hands.

And they surround me
Friends oh, friends
Sweet hope of thirst
Everlasting lovers
Golden spring of ears of wheat
And they surround me
Friends oh, friends
Goddesses of water and honey
Brave fugitives from Eden.

You cry without anger
Aging and becoming wiser
They know how to grab life by the horns, but also
Run to avoid seeing themselves in hell.

With their tenderness
They melt the heart of bitterness
And like everyone, they want to be loved more, they know well
How to have loneliness as a companion.

Who turn the eternal into the everyday
Who live without fear of death
Who fight hand to hand with luck until
It sweetly eats from their hands.

And they surround me
Friends oh, friends
Sweet hope of thirst
Everlasting lovers
Golden spring of ears of wheat
And they surround me
Friends oh, friends
Goddesses of water and honey
Brave fugitives from Eden.

Friends oh, friends.