Quiero el fuego de los viejos que lucharon por amor,
el coraje de unos pocos contra el F.I.E.S.* en prisión,
quiero de Hamid* su fuerza, por mostrarnos el horror.
Quiero la perseverancia de los que pelean hoy.
De los que sienten la pasión y caminan con decisión.
Yo no tengo su memoria, ni tampoco su valor,
pero no cambian el mundo llanto y autocompasión.
Y en medio de mis tormentas nado por ellos también,
que es infinito el camino pero lo vamos a hacer.
Porque sentimos la pasión y es esta nuestra decisión.
Y si vuelve la niebla recuerdo que en la guerra
no siempre son visibles las victorias más bellas.
* (Regimen penitenciario de aislamiento éticamente insostenible establecido en España desde 1989.)
** (Chaval de 12 años, que como otros muchos, fue hallado muerto en un Centro de Menores de la Comunidad de Madrid en 2008.)
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I want the fire from the elder who fought for love / the courage of a few, against F.I.E.S.*, in prison / I want Hamid`s** strength, for making the horror visible / I want the perseverance of those who fight today / Of the ones who are passionate and walk with determination / I don’t have their memory / nor their heroism / but tears and self-pity will never change the world / And in the middle of my storms / I swim for them too / ‘cause the path will be infinite / but we will make it anyway / Because we feel the passion and it is our decision / And anytime the fog comes back / I remember that the most beautiful victories in war are not always visible.
*(ethically untenable isolation regime that was established in Spain in 1989 continuing to date)
**(12 year old child who died, as many others, in a juvenile correctional in Madrid, in 2008)
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