Poem
Raúl Gómez Jattin
They and my anonymous being
Is Raúl Gómez Jattin all of his friendsAnd is Rául Gómez nobody when he passes by
When he passes by everybody is everybody
Nobody is me Nobody is me
Why do these people want my person
if Raúl is nobody That’s what I think
If my life is a meeting of those
that pass by its center and take away my pain
Perhaps it’s because I love them
Because my heart is shared among them
Thus Raúl Gómez lives in them
crying, laughing and sometimes smiling
Being them and being also myself sometimes
© Translation: 2004, Nicolás Suescún
Ellos y mi ser anónimo
Ellos y mi ser anónimo
Es Raúl Gómez Jattin todos sus amigosY es Raúl Gómez ninguno cuando pasa
Cuando pasa todos son todos
Nadie soy yo Nadie soy yo
Por qué querrá esa gente mi persona
si Raúl no es nadie Pienso yo
Si es mi vida una reunión de ellos
que pasan por su centro y se llevan mi dolor
Será porque los amo
Porque está repartido en ellos mi corazón
Así vive en ellos Raúl Gómez
Llorando riendo y en veces sonriendo
Siendo ellos y siendo a veces también yo
From: Retratos (Tríptico cereteano)
Publisher: Fundación Simón y Lola Guberek, Bogotá
Publisher: Fundación Simón y Lola Guberek, Bogotá
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Poems of Raúl Gómez Jattin
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They and my anonymous being
Is Raúl Gómez Jattin all of his friendsAnd is Rául Gómez nobody when he passes by
When he passes by everybody is everybody
Nobody is me Nobody is me
Why do these people want my person
if Raúl is nobody That’s what I think
If my life is a meeting of those
that pass by its center and take away my pain
Perhaps it’s because I love them
Because my heart is shared among them
Thus Raúl Gómez lives in them
crying, laughing and sometimes smiling
Being them and being also myself sometimes
© 2004, Nicolás Suescún
From: Retratos (Tríptico cereteano)
From: Retratos (Tríptico cereteano)
They and my anonymous being
Is Raúl Gómez Jattin all of his friendsAnd is Rául Gómez nobody when he passes by
When he passes by everybody is everybody
Nobody is me Nobody is me
Why do these people want my person
if Raúl is nobody That’s what I think
If my life is a meeting of those
that pass by its center and take away my pain
Perhaps it’s because I love them
Because my heart is shared among them
Thus Raúl Gómez lives in them
crying, laughing and sometimes smiling
Being them and being also myself sometimes
© 2004, Nicolás Suescún
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