Che

Che

Yo tuve un hermano.

No nos vimos nunca pero no importaba.

Yo tuve un hermano
que iba por los montes
mientras yo dormía.
Lo quise a mi modo,
le tomé su voz
libre como el agua,
caminé de a ratos
cerca de su sombra.

No nos vimos nunca
pero no importaba,
mi hermano despierto
mientras yo dormía,
mi hermano mostrándome
detrás de la noche
su estrella elegida.

JULIO CORTÁZAR (octubre de 1967)


Che

I had a brother.

We never saw each other but it didn't matter.

I had a brother
Who went to the mountain
while I was sleeping.
I wanted it to my way,
I took him their voice
free as the water,
I walked of for awhile
near their shade.

We never saw each other
but it didn't matter,
my brother was awake
while I was sleeping,
my brother showing me
behind the night
their elected star.