viernes, 3 de junio de 2011

Zarzas (II)

A las corridas -como toca andar en estos días-, vi un afiche de Cáritas con una leyenda impresionante: "Hambre cero".

Yo entiendo. Entiendo todo. Sí.

Piense de mí lo que se le antoje.

Me hizo acordar a una canción de Paul Brady: The Island.

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The Island
They say the skies of Lebanon are burning,
Those mighty Cedars bleeding in the heat,
They're showing pictures on the Television,
Women and children dying in the street,
And we're still at it in our own place,
Still trying to reach the future through the past,
Still trying to carve tomorrow from a tombstone...

But, hey! Don't listen to me!
This wasn't meant to be no sad song,
We've heard too much of that before,
Right now I only want to be here with you,
Till the morning dew comes falling,

I want to take you to the Island,
And trace your footprints in the sand,
And in the evening when the sun goes down,
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean.

They're raising banners over by the markets,
Whitewashing slogans on the shipyard walls,
Witchdoctors praying for a mighty showdown,
No way our holy flag is gonna fall,
Up here we sacrifice our children,
To feed the worn out dreams of yesterday,
And teach them dying will lead us into glory...

Now I know us plain folks don't see all the story,
And I know this peace and love's just copping out,
And I guess these young boys dying in the ditches,
Is just what being free is all about,
And how this twisted wreckage down on main street,
Will bring us all together in the end,
And we'll go marching down the road to freedom... freedom...



Me parece que pocas cosas resultan más fáciles –o tentadoras- que reemplazar algo bello y grande -la esperanza, por ejemplo- por cosas que parecen bonitas y grandes y que son casi diría una estupidez. Una bonita y grande estupidez. Al menos, eso.

Somos así los hombres. Somos así. Incorregibles parecemos.


Otro día le explico.

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A propósito de la canción (que me gusta, pese a todo), fue un ícono de los pacifistas entre los '80 y los '90, aunque pocos la grabaron. Entre las versiones, una de Paddy Slattery -otro irish, por supuesto- se lleva mis preferencias.