Sanities

She was so afraidElla estaba tan asustada

Since her mother, white with timeDesde que su madre, blanca con el tiempo

Told herLe dijo

She was a failureQue era un fracaso

She was so ashamedElla estaba tan avergonzada

Of everything she saidDe todo lo que decía

And everything she didY todo lo que hacía

For her mother, white with timePara su madre, blanca con el tiempo

Everything around her motherTodo alrededor de su madre

White with timeBlanca con el tiempo

And dirtyY sucia

Her mother was greedy with dirtSu madre era avara con la suciedad

GreedyAvara

Then she heard choirs of angelsEntonces escuchó coros de ángeles

Singing choirs of angelsCantando coros de ángeles

Greedy angelsÁngeles avaros

Spitting glory on her failureEscupiendo gloria sobre su fracaso

That stardust of failureEsa polvareda de fracaso

As if it was medicineComo si fuera medicina

That didn't workQue no funcionaba

AnywayDe todos modos

AnywayDe todos modos

The windows they were closedLas ventanas estaban cerradas

And the midwives had locked their doorsY las parteras habían cerrado sus puertas

They didn't understandNo entendían

And after all what was there to understand?¿Y después de todo qué había que entender?

But the angels, sheer choirs of angelsPero los ángeles, puros coros de ángeles

In a friendshipEn una amistad

No, more than a friendshipNo, más que una amistad

It was a marriage, a marriage made in the graveEra un matrimonio, un matrimonio hecho en la tumba

In shivering nightEn la noche temblorosa

The searching of the river continuedLa búsqueda del río continuaba

The bullet of searchlightLa bala del reflector de búsqueda

That searchlight found her so Cockleshell and sureEse reflector la encontró tan Segura y decidida

Sick and tired of what she sawHarta de lo que veía

But Cockleshell and surePero Segura y decidida

Sure of what the world had offered a tired soulSegura de lo que el mundo le había ofrecido a un alma cansada

From Istanbul to MadridDesde Estambul hasta Madrid

From Reykjavik, to BonnDesde Reikiavik, a Bonn

To Leipzig, to LeningradA Leipzig, a Leningrado

To Shanghai, Pnonm PenhA Shanghái, Phnom Penh

All so that it would be a stronger worldTodo para que fuera un mundo más fuerte

A strong though loving world to die inUn mundo fuerte aunque amoroso para morir en él