CLARIFYING POSITIONS
Florentino UlibarriLord:
too many questions,
doubts and obscurities,
sometimes, too many blows,
wounds and pain,
to prevent protesting.
I'm like that, you knew,
I grumble, I get cross,
I complain, I insult you,
I accuse you of being ambiguous and cheating,
and I stand against you without first criticising myself.
but I work.
And you, you don't rebel
nor do you break the ties
of seduction and love.
I don't know if you laugh,
you tolerate us
or you are completely merciful.
Perhaps you like our liberty,
our freshness and rebellion.
Perhaps you fear more the silence
and the lack of communication of your children
and our questionings
and impertinences.
I know this is not a contest
although it looks like one
because everything takes place
in this house of mine
which is yours,
in our kitchen garden and cellar.
Lord, our path of life
is like a longbow
when it is tensioned:
the two extremes of what we are
and what we demonstrate
draw so near together that they touch.
When closest together are
rebelliousness and confidence,
protest and obedience,
laxity and silence,
shouts and embraces,
negation and acceptance...
faster shoots the arrow
of our intimate desires,
warm and lively,
leaving dark glens,
towards the promised land,
or the breast of the person who welcomes.
And after so many troubles,
complaints and protests,
or in the midst of them,
the only reply we discover
is that already tatooed in history
and in your Good News:
"Stop worrying,
you only need one thing
in this crossing:
Enjoy the trip and the company.
So, choose the best part".
Florentino Ulibarri
Traducción de Hugo Castelli