Poema para una joven amiga que intentó quitarse la vida
by Nandia Foteini Vlachou
Me gustaría ser un nido si fueras un pajarito
me gustaría ser una bufanda si fueras un cuello y tuvieras frío
si fueras música yo sería un oído
si fueras agua yo sería un vaso
si fueras luz yo sería un ojo
si fueras pie yo sería un calcetín
si fueras el mar yo sería una playa
y si fueras todavía el mar yo sería un pez
y nadaría por ti
y si fueras el mar yo sería sal
y si yo fuera sal
tú serías una lechuga
una palta o al menos un huevo frito
y si tú fueras un huevo frito
yo sería un pedazo de pan
y si yo fuera un pedazo de pan
tú serías mantequilla o mermelada
y si tú fueras mermelada
yo sería el durazno de la mermelada
y si yo fuera un durazno
tú serías un árbol
y si tú fueras un árbol
yo sería tu savia y correría
por tus brazos como sangre
y si yo fuera sangre
viviría en tu corazón.
Claudio Bertoni
I had to translate from the Spanish thanks to Google. A very touching poem Nandia. I do not speak Portuguese but I liked the Brazilian song too. If you enjoy this type of Samba music, I think you might like this CD.
Regards from Norfolk, Pete.
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Thank you for the suggestion – I am not very much into this kind of music, but the rendition of the song in the movie was stunning. Did you see ‘Gloria’? As far as the poem is concerned, I’m thinking of providing an English translation of my own 🙂
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Unfortunately, I have not seen the recent Chilean film ‘Gloria’. It looks excellent though, so I must try to remedy that soon.
I have seen the film of the same name with Gena Rowlands (and the remake) but they are very different of course.
I agree that the poem would benefit from a kinder translation than the verbatim effort from Google.
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Pete, I have not seen the Gena Rowlands film (Cassavetes is unexplored territory for me). The Chilean Gloria is an interesting attempt, I would call it a flawed film but with some strong points. Tonal imbalance – and directorial pace – would be its most serious problems. But not serious enough to detract viewers!
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