—¡Vete de la casa! —me dijo mi padre.
—¡Vete de la casa! —me dijo mi padre.
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“Get out of the house!” my father told me.
“Get out of the house!” my father told me.
—Yo me quiero quedar aquí contigo —le respondí.
—Yo me quiero quedar aquí contigo —le respondí.
“I want to stay here with you,” I replied.
“I want to stay here with you,” I replied.
—Me quitaron mi juventud y mi adultez.
—Me quitaron mi juventud y mi adultez.
“They took away my youth and my adulthood.”
“They took away my youth and my adulthood.”
No quiero, en mi vejez, ver que esos comunistas te quiten lo que me quitaron a mí.
No quiero, en mi vejez, ver que esos comunistas te quiten lo que me quitaron a mí.
I don't want, in my old age, to see those communists take away from you what they took away from me.
I don't want, in my old age, to see those communists take away from you what they took away from me.
Mañana te vas de aquí —fustigó mi padre.
Mañana te vas de aquí —fustigó mi padre.
“You're leaving here tomorrow,” my father snapped.
“You're leaving here tomorrow,” my father snapped.
Jamás regresé a la isla, no porque no quisiera, sino porque ya no me queda nada que buscar.
Jamás regresé a la isla, no porque no quisiera, sino porque ya no me queda nada que buscar.
I never went back to the island—not because I didn't want to, but because there's nothing left for me to look for there.
I never went back to the island—not because I didn't want to, but because there's nothing left for me to look for there.
Siempre lo recuerdo y, aunque no se lo agradecí en vida, ahora entiendo su amor por mí.
I always remember him, and even though I never thanked him while he was alive, I now understand his love for me.
I always remember him, and even though I never thanked him while he was alive, I now understand his love for me.
La noche que escapaba en la balsa, mi padre metió un arma en mi mochila y me susurró al oído:
La noche que escapaba en la balsa, mi padre metió un arma en mi mochila y me susurró al oído:
—Él asesinó a tu madre. Hazlo.
—Él asesinó a tu madre. Hazlo.
The night I was escaping on the raft, my father slipped a gun into my backpack and whispered in my ear:
The night I was escaping on the raft, my father slipped a gun into my backpack and whispered in my ear:
“He murdered your mother. Do it.”
“He murdered your mother. Do it.”
Su mirada taciturna fue lo último que vi... y aún veo en mis sueños.
Su mirada taciturna fue lo último que vi... y aún veo en mis sueños.
His somber gaze was the last thing I saw... and I still see it in my dreams.
Apenas tenía quince años cuando salí mar adentro.
Apenas tenía quince años cuando salí mar adentro.
I was barely fifteen when I set out to sea.
I was barely fifteen when I set out to sea.
La persona que me había privado de mi madre, paradójicamente, era la misma que podía llevarme a la libertad por unos cuantos pesos que mi padre le entregó.
La persona que me había privado de mi madre, paradójicamente, era la misma que podía llevarme a la libertad por unos cuantos pesos que mi padre le entregó.
The person who had taken my mother away from me was, paradoxically, the very same person who could set me free in exchange for a few pesos that my father gave him.
The person who had taken my mother away from me was, paradoxically, the very same person who could set me free in exchange for a few pesos that my father gave him.
Mi odio ya tenía un rostro a quien culpar.
Mi odio ya tenía un rostro a quien culpar.
My hatred now had a face to blame.
My hatred now had a face to blame.
Su cercanía agitaba mi corazón al ritmo de las olas, mientras mi mente maquinaba.
Su cercanía agitaba mi corazón al ritmo de las olas, mientras mi mente maquinaba.
Her closeness made my heart race to the rhythm of the waves, while my mind was plotting.
Her closeness made my heart race to the rhythm of the waves, while my mind was plotting.
Ahora mis hijos, que a duras penas hablan español, preguntan si yo me vengué.
Ahora mis hijos, que a duras penas hablan español, preguntan si yo me vengué.
Now my children, who barely speak Spanish, ask if I got my revenge.
Now my children, who barely speak Spanish, ask if I got my revenge.
—¡Claro que sí! —les dije—, pero de la manera que quería mi madre: siendo rebelde al sistema, actuando al revés.
—¡Claro que sí! —les dije—, pero de la manera que quería mi madre: siendo rebelde al sistema, actuando al revés.
“Of course!” I told them, “but the way my mother wanted: by rebelling against the system, by doing the opposite.”
“Of course!” I told them, “but the way my mother wanted: by rebelling against the system, by doing the opposite.”
Les devolví amor por odio.
Les devolví amor por odio.
I returned love for hatred.
I returned love for hatred.
Les expliqué que yo no fui libre cuando toqué tierra firme, sino kilómetros de olas atrás cuando decidí ahogar los frutos del sistema desde dentro de mí.
Les expliqué que yo no fui libre cuando toqué tierra firme, sino kilómetros de olas atrás cuando decidí ahogar los frutos del sistema desde dentro de mí.
I explained to them that I wasn't free when I set foot on dry land, but rather kilometers of waves back, when I decided to drown the fruits of the system from within myself.
I explained to them that I wasn't free when I set foot on dry land, but rather kilometers of waves back, when I decided to drown the fruits of the system from within myself.
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Verbos (Verbs)
Verbos (Verbs)
agradecer – To thank
agitar – To agitate / To stir
ahogar – To drown / To stifle
asesinar – To murder / To kill
culpar – To blame
entregar – To hand over / To deliver
fustigar – To chide / To lash / To criticize
maquinar – To plot / To scheme
privar – To deprive
quitar – To take away
susurrar – To whisper
vengar – To avenge / To take revenge
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