Canción Secreta

I saw him undress his copper to play in the water
For the sudden rumors of a couple from a branch

I was all alone, sitting on a cliff
Watching the crackling of a school of fish
And it was a summer afternoon in the orchard of the talas
The air rolled sweet, like honey from lechiguana
His fine guava skin, threads of suns walked
From the river's caresses to the embrace of the beach
The warm cooing of the doves was round
And the churruinche prisoner of my temples throbbed
Throbbed and
And she opened her laughter, like a cage

I told them without my eyes
I told her with words
I told her with words that were dying in the river
Like plucked phrases, like bitten petals
Like crumbs of hope

We loved each other
In the burning crescent moon of the beach
She gave me a ceibo flower, but I left it forgotten
We traveled affection from copper to silver
And to the payment of the crickets for a path of cicadas

And she left with the Moon, the Moon came to find her
Through the paths of the mountain, with much fear on her face

We saw each other from time to time, while she herded her cows
We visited the clover, the cornfields, and the sheaves
And one afternoon the fennel covered us
Raising their yellow umbrellas, like little girls on tiptoes

And then
It was in winter, a cold and clear afternoon
Like raindrops running down the talas
She said sad words similar to tears
And I
Replied with things similar to handkerchiefs
But it was all in vain, fate was already sealed
And she had to break the hours, like cards are broken
When she said her goodbye
I broke apart without words
The evening star cried out, distressed to see me alone on the beach
And I think it was that afternoon that I found my guitar