Sorpresa

Muerto se quedó en la calle

con un puñal en el pecho.

No lo conocía nadie.

¡Cómo temblaba el farol!

Madre.

¡Cómo temblaba el farolito

de la calle!

Era madrugada. Nadie

pudo asomarse a sus ojos

abiertos al duro aire.

Que muerto se quedó en la calle

que con un puñal en el pecho

y que no lo conocía nadie.

Translation to English: Surprise

He was left dead on the street

with a dagger in the chest.

No one knew him.

How the lantern trembled!

Mother.

How the little lantern trembled

from the street!

It was early morning. Nobody

was able to look into his eyes

open to the harsh air.

That dead man was left in the street

that with a dagger in the chest

and that no one knew him.


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