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Jorge Bustamante García

DIVAGATIONS WHILE LISTENING TO OCTAVARIUM BY DREAM THEATER

Do not let the days go by
without everything happening again
in the mysterious solitude of things
Nothing is as vaguely certain
as this instant which is crumbling
in sight
Do not let the days go by
without the eyes of things
daring to think and to be thought
Life is brief
but too long for our mistakes
Do not let the days go by
without living the life of the other that one is
without imagining what it could be otherwise
This light is what really matters
Do not let the days go by
without discovering the far distances
where the answers
that lie within oneself may exist.

DIVAGACIÓN AL ESCUCHAR OCTAVARIUM DE DREAM THEATER

DIVAGACIÓN AL ESCUCHAR OCTAVARIUM DE DREAM THEATER

No dejes que los días se vayan
sin que todo suceda otra vez
en la misteriosa soledad de las cosas
Nada es tan vagamente cierto
como este instante que se desmorona
en la mirada
No dejes que los días se vayan
sin que los ojos de las cosas
se atrevan a pensar y ser pensadas
La vida es breve
pero demasiado larga para nuestros errores
No dejes que los días se vayan
sin vivir la vida del otro que uno es
sin imaginar lo que podría ser de otra manera
esa es la luz de lo que realmente importa
No dejes que los días se vayan
sin descubrir las lejanías
donde existen tal vez las respuestas
que reposan en el centro de uno mismo.
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DIVAGATIONS WHILE LISTENING TO OCTAVARIUM BY DREAM THEATER

Do not let the days go by
without everything happening again
in the mysterious solitude of things
Nothing is as vaguely certain
as this instant which is crumbling
in sight
Do not let the days go by
without the eyes of things
daring to think and to be thought
Life is brief
but too long for our mistakes
Do not let the days go by
without living the life of the other that one is
without imagining what it could be otherwise
This light is what really matters
Do not let the days go by
without discovering the far distances
where the answers
that lie within oneself may exist.

DIVAGATIONS WHILE LISTENING TO OCTAVARIUM BY DREAM THEATER

Do not let the days go by
without everything happening again
in the mysterious solitude of things
Nothing is as vaguely certain
as this instant which is crumbling
in sight
Do not let the days go by
without the eyes of things
daring to think and to be thought
Life is brief
but too long for our mistakes
Do not let the days go by
without living the life of the other that one is
without imagining what it could be otherwise
This light is what really matters
Do not let the days go by
without discovering the far distances
where the answers
that lie within oneself may exist.
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