Διάφανος [Diafanos] [English translation]

At the edge of twilight I fell asleep

like a foreigner (alas!)* like a foreign body like forever a stranger

And there came and sat upon me like a bed sheet

all of the ground's dust.*

All of the ground's dust.

And there came in turn the black sea

she brought an ungovernable ship drifting

I rose like a wind, I rose like a thief,

don't you see the lie?

The lie, don't you see it?

Leaning at the ship's bow, a transparent man

is counting the bones, remains speechless

César Vallejo*, he eats the stones like bread

i have no other brother.

I have no other brother.

The cigarette is sparking at every puff

Spain is sinking* and the only one who wins

(is) the pleasure that gives birth to us, who plays our card

beyond our will.

Beyond our will.

At the edge of twilight you don't see any dreams

you see what has happened and what is to follow

You see the man being small and (you see) his own feet truly stepping on him

his own feet.

His own feet.