Paroles et traduction Julio Sosa - Levanta la Frente

Levanta la Frente

Levanta la frente. No escondas la cara.
Enjuga tus lágrimas, échate a reír.
No tengas vergüenza, a tu rostro aclara;
¿Por qué tanta pena?, ¿por qué tal sufrir?
Ya sé que tu falta será para el mundo
Escándalo, risa, placer y baldón;
Mas yo soy tu hermano, y al ser juez me fundo
Según los dictados que da el corazón.

No es falta la falta de dar luz a un niño:
La ley de dar frutos es ley de la flor...
No peca quien brinda la fe del cariño,
Ni es crimen el darse confiada al amor.
Malvado es el hombre que infiere la ofensa;
Infame es el hombre que bebe y se va,
Y deja en la fuente, la flor y no piensa,
No piensa siquiera que un ser nacerá.

Acércate, hermana; no llores, no temas;
La ley de ser madre es ley natural;
Las madres son diosas con santas diademas,
Ya cumplan o violen la norma legal.
La madre casada, la madre soltera...
Son todas iguales: son una, no dos;
Lo nieguen las leyes, lo niegue quien quiera,
¡son todas iguales delante de Dios!

¡No llores, hermana!... Ya ves... te comprendo.
De nada te culpo, mi afecto te doy;
Mi casa, mis brazos, mis puños te ofrendo;
Del hijo que traes cual padre ya soy.
No temas, hermana; tendrás mis ahorros,
Tendrás todo aquello que aquí dentro ves...
Tu buena cuñada me dio dos cachorros;
De cuenta haré, hermana, que ya tengo tres.

Lift Up Your Head

Lift up your head. Hide not your face.
Wipe away your tears, begin to laugh.
Have no shame, brighten your countenance;
Why such sorrow?, why such suffering?
I know that your fault will be for the world
A scandal, laughter, pleasure, and disgrace;
But I am your brother, and as a judge I base
Myself on the dictates of my heart.

It is no fault to give birth to a child:
The law of bearing fruit is the law of the flower...
There is no sin in giving the faith of love,
Nor is it a crime to give oneself trustingly to love.
Wicked is the man who infers the offense;
Infamous is the man who drinks and goes away,
And leaves the flower in the fountain, and does not think,
Does not even think that a being will be born.

Come near, sister; do not weep, do not fear;
The law of being a mother is a natural law;
Mothers are goddesses with holy diadems,
Whether they fulfill or violate the legal norm.
The married mother, the single mother...
They are all equal: they are one, not two;
Let the laws deny it, let whoever denies it,
They are all equal before God!

Do not weep, sister!... You see... I understand you.
I blame you for nothing, I give you my affection;
My house, my arms, my fists I offer you;
Of the child you bear I am already the father.
Fear not, sister; you shall have my savings,
You shall have all that you see here...
My good sister-in-law gave me two puppies;
I will pretend, sister, that I already have three.