Señales, señales/Signs/signs

 Señales, señales,

nos dijimos.

¿Sólo señales?,

preguntamos.

Nunca se termina

de saber del todo.

Sagrada es la palabra,

supimos desde un principio.

Verbo puro, contaminado,

de memorioso futuro,

se nos hizo presente.

El pasado,

ya volverá,

nos dijimos,

siempre con esperanza.

Rolando Gabrielli2025

Signs, signs,
we told ourselves.

Only signs?
we asked.

One never
completely knows.

Sacred is the word,
we knew from the beginning.

Pure verb, contaminated,
of a remembering future,
became present to us.

The past,
it will return,
we told ourselves,
always with hope.