Hay días/There Are Days

Hay días

en que los días

se descomponen,

avinagran

de solo verlos,

si acaso nombrarlos,

son incapaces de encender

una vela en el camino.

Están ciegos, sordos y mudos,

no tienen pies ni cabeza,

viven la desgracia,

sin proponérselo.

Si se miraran al espejo,

digo,

no saldrían a la calle.

Rolando Gabrielli2026

There Are Days

There are days

when days themselves

fall apart,

turn sour,

simply at the sight of them,

or even at their mention;

they are incapable of lighting

a candle along the way.

They are blind, deaf, and mute,

they have neither feet nor head,

they live in misfortune

without intending to.

If they looked at themselves in the mirror,

I say,

they would not go out into the street.