Mirando la foto del padre Looking at father's photo

Estando todavía tendido en el horizonte,
Still hanging on the horizon,

padre mío, sin que nadie se diera cuenta
father mine, without anyone realising

me he metido de cabeza por tus pies,
I have put myself headfirst through your feet,

me he llenado de pan y huevo,
I have filled myself with bread and egg,

de patatas y ensaladas con tomate,
with potatoes and salad with tomato,

y así embetunado hasta las orejas,
and thus greased to the ears,

embutido en tu pecho, bien ajustado en tus brazos,
fitted into your breast, well tucked into your arms,

toda mi cabeza ha tomado la forma de tu cabeza,
all my head has taken the form of your head,

mirando esta emblemática fotografía
looking at this emblematic photograph

tomada a dos pasos del vivero de langosta,
taken at two paces from the lobster tank,

me doy cuenta cómo he desaparecido,
I realise how I have disappeared

quien se mira al espejo
he who looks at the mirror

para certificar que no estoy soñando,
to certify that I am not dreaming,

eres tú, padre mío; miro tu nariz,
you are you, father mine; I look at your nose,

es igual a mi nariz,
it's the same as my nose,

mis orejas son tus orejas,
my ears are your ears,

el modo de llevar el abrigo, las gafas oscuras,
the way of wearing a coat, the dark glasses,

es igual al estilo de mi abrigo y mis gafas;
is the same as the style of my coat and my glasses;

por lo visto, por más de treinta años
it looks as if, for more than thirty years

estás dentro de esta bolsa con la ropa mía,
you have been in this bag with my clothes

con todos tus huesitos, uno por uno, intactos,
with all your little bones, one by one, intact,

tú, con arrugas, yo, por acá, con mis quebrantos.
you, with wrinkles, me, over there, with my worries.

(translated into English from Spanish by John Heath)