The Unattainable Tune

La Tonada Inasible

Fifteen seconds agoHace quince segundos
the poet diedque se murió el poeta
and fifteen centuries agoy hace quince siglos
we noticed his absence.que notamos su ausencia.
We thought thenCreíamos entonces
that we were back,que estábamos de vuelta,
when there was so muchcuando faltaba tanto
of absence and poet missing.de ausencia y de poeta.

Fifteen millennia agoHace quince milenios
the poet escaped usse nos fugó el poeta
leaving us his widowsdejándonos sus viudas
and his eternal girl.y su niña eterna.
Let's toast to his words,Brindemos por sus verbo,
to his red head,por su roja cabeza,
brothers of the bloodhermanos de la sangre
shed by the poet.vertida del poeta.

For him his adversariesPor él sus adversarios
do not forget, but celebrate,no olvidan, mas celebran,
and for him, his friends,y por el, sus amigos,
however they may be today,como quiera que hoy sean,
come together againse juntan nuevamente
for their miseriespor sus miserias
calling upon this dead manconvocando a este muerto
of perfect health.de la salud perfecta.

Fifteen silences agoHace quince silencios
and many other sadnessesy otras muchas tristezas
who knows what his voicequién sabe qué diría
of intelligence would say.su voz de inteligencia.
That's why a swan sings,Por eso un cisne canta,
a fugitive in the forest,prófugo en la floresta,
the unattainable tunela tonada inasible
that the poet awakened.que despertó el poeta.