Monday, July 2, 2012

For David Urias - Murdered in El Salvador June 29 2012





El dió con senderos conocidos
Mostraba confianza su paso
Ilusiones real no presumidos
Varonil su aspecto leve acaso

Dió David con camino familiar
Bajaba en parada habitual
Jamás piensa en sangre bautizar
Ir a hogar humilde y natal

Proyectos bien de paz y comunal
Guardaba en su mente inocente 
Camina alegre pero el Mal
lo rodea atrás y en el frente

Lastimaron al muchacho sin perdón
Y también sin razón a perdonar
Libre de actos malos, fue el don
a todos; pues su reta fue amar

David! Quitarte todo! Bien feo!
al comienzo de tu mero apogeo






*************   translation   **************



He followed well worn paths
His foot fall confident
His dreams modest not presumptuous
His a masculine essence yet gentle

David chose the familiar route
Getting off at the usual bus stop
Never imagining a baptism in blood
Headed for his mother’s humble home

Full of notions of communal harmony
Were his innocent ideas
He walked joyfully but Evil
fully had surrounded him

Mercilessly they wounded this boy
a child needing no show of mercy
Free of evil in himself, he was a gift
to all - his striving: learn to love

Oh David! They took everything from you!
Just as you had begun your ascent