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Gustavo Adolfo Garcés

Pupema

I wonder what became of Pupema
the alcoholic
the bum
who deliriously told us
about a night during the war
when three soldiers
with their heads bandaged
played dominoes
while the chaplain
and the musicians of the regiment
sang and got drunk
and an enemy soldier
tied to a tree
looked at the quagmire

I wonder what became of Pupema

Pupema

Pupema

Qué habrá sido de Pupema
el alcohólico
el vagabundo
que delirante nos contaba
de una noche de guerra
en la que tres soldados
con las cabezas vendadas
jugaban al dominó
mientras el capellán
y los músicos del regimiento
cantaban y se emborrachaban
y un soldado enemigo
amarrado a un árbol
miraba el lodazal

qué habrá sido de Pupema
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Pupema

I wonder what became of Pupema
the alcoholic
the bum
who deliriously told us
about a night during the war
when three soldiers
with their heads bandaged
played dominoes
while the chaplain
and the musicians of the regiment
sang and got drunk
and an enemy soldier
tied to a tree
looked at the quagmire

I wonder what became of Pupema

Pupema

I wonder what became of Pupema
the alcoholic
the bum
who deliriously told us
about a night during the war
when three soldiers
with their heads bandaged
played dominoes
while the chaplain
and the musicians of the regiment
sang and got drunk
and an enemy soldier
tied to a tree
looked at the quagmire

I wonder what became of Pupema
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