A lo lejos hay el fuego de una hoguera
el humo pesado arrastra sus dedos grises
sobre las chabolas del campamento
a menos de un centenar de metros
la vía férrea soporta el paso furioso
de un tren diesel a su máxima potencia
los escapes de los motores apenas aportan
una nota de indiferencia a la desidia del poblado
que festeja el progreso de la humanidad
aumentando día tras día, con perseverancia
el espesor del vertedero del barranco
separador de dos mundos que se ignoran
Ahí, en ese tren, de incógnito viajo yo
Allí, en aquel colector de reveses
Se envenena mi alma
Entre ambos, mi vida, otro despojo
Close to the Railway Line
In the distance, a bonfire burns
the heavy smoke dragging its grey fingers
across the shacks of the camp.
Less than a hundred metres away,
the railway line bears the furious passage
of a diesel train at full power.
The engines' exhausts contribute little more
than a note of indifference to the settlement's neglect,
which celebrates the progress of humanity
by steadily, day after day,
adding to the thickness of the rubbish dump in the ravine,
a divide between two worlds that ignore each other.
There, on that train, I travel incognito.
Over there, in that collector of misfortunes,
my soul is poisoned.
Between the two, my life, another piece of wreckage.