Penas Y Alegrías Del Amor

Look how my skin reacts
When I remember you
A river of fresh blood rises up my throat
From the wound that pierces
Through and through my body
I have nails in my hands
And knives in my fingers
And on my temple a crown
Made of black pins
Look how my skin reacts
Every time I remember
That I am a married man
And yet I love you

Between your house and mine
There's a wall of silence
Of nettles and prickly pears
Of lime, sand, and wind
Of dark honeysuckles
And lurking glass
A wall so the town can never jump over it
That is lurking around the key
That guards our secret
If I know well that you love me
And you know that I love you
And we both know it
And no one can know it

I leave my house for the countryside
With only one thought
To caress alone
The fabric of that handkerchief
That you dropped one Sunday when you were coming from the town
And that I have never told you, my love
I have never told you
That I have it

And I squeeze it between my hands
Just like a new lemon
And I look at your initials and
Repeat them silently
So that not even the countryside knows
How much I love you

Yesterday in the new square
Life... Don't do it again
I saw you kiss my child
My youngest child
And how you must have kissed him
Oh Virgin of Remedies!
If it was the first time
You gave me a kiss
I ran to my house
I lifted my child from the ground
And without anyone seeing me
Like a thief lying in wait
Your kiss bit my mouth
On his poppy face

Oh, what joy, and what sorrow!
Loving you as I do
Look, whatever happens and
Even if the sky collapses
Even if your name and mine
Are trampled on the ground
Even if the earth opens up
And even if the town knows
Let our flags
Of love fly to the four winds
Keep loving me like this
Torment of my torments

Oh, what joy and what sorrow!
Loving you as I do