El mundo, ni hablar, linda/he world — no doubt — is fair, my dear

 

El mundo, ni hablar, linda,

la muerte no abandona a los suyos,

los atrae, convoca, tienta,

y si bien no siempre

les conduce a un lugar seguro,

cumple con su misión,

objetivo final,

bajo tierra, sin respirar.

Rolando Gabrielli2025

The world — no doubt — is fair, my dear,
but death is faithful to its kin.
It beckons, lures, and draws them near,
though not to places free of sin.
It may not grant them peace or grace,
yet never strays from what is meant —
its final task, its fated place:
beneath the earth, breathless, spent.