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Federico Díaz-Granados

LODGING HOUSE

I’ve never met the lodgers of my life.
I’ve never known when they come in or out,
or in what unknown station they give rest to their miseries.
Women have gone out of this body slamming the door,
complaining about my sadness,
and in some seasons they’ve grumbled about the humidity,
about too much cold, or some strange mildew in the cupboard.

They always go away without paying, the lodgers of my life,
and once again there is no one on the patio
of this lodging house where it is always night.

HOSPEDAJE DE PASO

HOSPEDAJE DE PASO

Nunca he conocido a los inquilinos de mi vida.
No he sabido cuando salen, cuando entran,
en qué estación desconocida descansan sus miserias.
Las mujeres han salido de este cuerpo a los portazos
quejándose de mi tristeza,
en algunas temporadas se han quejado de humedad
de mucho frío, de algún extraño moho en la alacena.

Se marchan siempre sin pagar los inquilinos de mi vida
y el patio queda nuevamente solo
en este hotel de paso donde siempre es de noche.
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LODGING HOUSE

I’ve never met the lodgers of my life.
I’ve never known when they come in or out,
or in what unknown station they give rest to their miseries.
Women have gone out of this body slamming the door,
complaining about my sadness,
and in some seasons they’ve grumbled about the humidity,
about too much cold, or some strange mildew in the cupboard.

They always go away without paying, the lodgers of my life,
and once again there is no one on the patio
of this lodging house where it is always night.

LODGING HOUSE

I’ve never met the lodgers of my life.
I’ve never known when they come in or out,
or in what unknown station they give rest to their miseries.
Women have gone out of this body slamming the door,
complaining about my sadness,
and in some seasons they’ve grumbled about the humidity,
about too much cold, or some strange mildew in the cupboard.

They always go away without paying, the lodgers of my life,
and once again there is no one on the patio
of this lodging house where it is always night.
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