jueves, agosto 23, 2007

Well, still, pretty good year


"En aquellos primeros años amorfos en los que la memoria apenas se había iniciado, en los que la vida estaba llena de Comienzos y no tenía Finales; y Todo era Para Siempre, Esthappen y Rahel pensaban en sí mismos, juntos, como Yo, y por separado, individualmente, como Nosotros. Como si fuesen una extraña raza de gemelos siameses, separados físicamente pero con identidades conjuntas.
Ahora, al cabo de muchos años, a Rahel le viene a la memoria una noche en la que se despertó riéndose de un sueño divertidísimo que tenía Estha.
También guarda en la memoria otros recuerdos a los que no tiene derecho.
Recuerda, por ejemplo (aunque no estaba allí), lo que el Hombre de la Naranjada y la Limonada le hizo a Estha en el Cine Abhilash. Recuerda el sabor de los bocadillos de tomate (los bocadillos de Estha, los que Estha comía) en el tren correo, rumbo a Madrás.
Y eso no son más que las pequeñas cosas.
En cualquier caso, ahora piensa en Estha y en ella como ésos, porque, al haberse separado, niguno de los dos es ya lo que fueron o en un día pensaron que serían.
Y nunca lo serán.
Ahora sus vidas tienen tamaño y forma. Estha tiene la suya y ella también.
Contornos, Bordes, Fronteras, Orillas y Límites han surgido como un equipo de gnomos en sus horizontes separados. Criaturas de corta estatura y largas sombras que patrullan el borroso Confín. Se le ha formado suaves medias lunas bajo los ojos y ya tienen la misma edad que Ammu cuando murió.
Treinta y un años.
No son viejos.
Ni jóvenes.
Pero tienen ya una edad en que la muerte es un hecho posible."

Tears on the sleeve of a man
Don't wanna be a boy today
Heard the eternal footman
Bought himself a bike to race
And Greg he writes letters
And burns his CDs
They say you were something in those formative years
Hold onto nothing
As fast as you can
Well still pretty good year

Maybe a bright sandy beach
Is going to bring you back
May not so now you're off
You're gonna see America
Well let me tell you something about america
Pretty good year
Some things are melting now
Well what's it gonna take
Till my baby's alright

And Greg he writes letters with his birthday pen
Sometimes he's aware that they're drawing him in
Lucy was pretty
Your best friend agreed
Still Pretty good year
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Lágrimas en la manga de un hombre
no quiere ser un niño hoy
escuché que el eterno peatón
se compró una bicicleta para correr
y Greg escribe cartas
y quema sus Cds
dicen que fuiste algo importante
en esos años formativos
Agárrate a nada tan rápido como puedas
bien, aún así, un año bastante bueno.

Tal vez una brillante playa de arena
te va a traer de vuelta, de vuelta, de vuelta.
Tal vez no, puede que ya estés de camino
vas a ir a ver América;
bueno, déjame que te diga algo
acerca de América.

Un año bastante bueno.

Algunas cosas se están derritiendo,
algunas cosas se estan derritiendo, bueno,
¿Cuánto va a tardar mi niño en sentirse bien?

Greg escribe cartas con su pluma de cumpleaños
algunas veces se da cuenta
de que le están ahogando
Lucy era bonita, tu mejor amigo estuvo de acuerdo
bien, de todos modos, un año bastante bueno.

Texto de
Arundhati Roy "El dios de las pequeñas cosas"
Música de Tori Amos "Pretty good year"

miércoles, agosto 22, 2007

Llamando a todos los Ángeles (III)


A man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries
and high above the church bells start to ring
and as the heaviness the body oh the heaviness settles in
somewhere you can hear a mother sing

then it's one foot then the other as you step out onto the road
how much weight? how much weight?
then it's how long? and how far?
and how many times before it's too late?

calling all angels
calling all angels
walk me through this one
don't leave me alone
calling all angels
calling all angels
we're cryin' and we're hurtin'
and we're not sure why...

and every day you gaze upon the sunset
with such love and intensity
it's almost...it's almost as if
if you could only crack the code
then you'd finally understand what this all means

but if you could...do you think you would
trade in all the pain and suffering?
ah, but then you'd miss
the beauty of the light upon this earth
and the sweetness of the leaving

calling all angels
calling all angels
walk me through this one
don't leave me alone
callin' all angels
callin' all angels
we're tryin'
we're hopin'
we're hurtin'
we're lovin'
we're cryin'
we're callin'
'cause we're not sure how this goes

Fotografía de Inge Morath
Música de Jane Siberry "Calling all Angels"

Llamando a todos los Ángeles (II)


...echa un vistazo a través de la ventana, cierra los ojos, graba esa imagen ahí dentro y haz uso de ella cuando los tiempos corran o nos pidan correr más de lo que pueden nuestros pies 'cause everyday above ground keeps on beeing a good one...



Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There’s always one reason
To feel not good enough
And it’s hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh beautiful release
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
And weightless and maybe
I’ll find some peace tonight

In the arms of an angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort there

So tired of the straight line
And everywhere you turn
There’s vultures and thieves at your back
And the storm keeps on twisting
You keep on building the lie
That you make up for all that you lack
It don’t make no difference
Escaping one last time
It’s easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees

In the arms of an angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort there
You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here

Sarah McLachlan " Angel"

Llamando a todos los Ángeles (I)





I need a sign to let me know you're here
All of these lines are being crossed over the atmosphere
I need to know that things are gonna look up
'Cause I feel us drowning in a sea spilled from a cup

When there is no place safe and no safe place to put my head
When you feel the world shake from the words that are said

And I'm calling all angels
I'm calling all you angels

I won't give up if you dont give up

I need a sign to let me know you're here
'Cause my TV set just keeps it all from being clear
I want a reason for the way things have to be
I need a hand to help build up some kind of hope inside of me


When children have to play inside so they don't disappear
And private eyes solve marriage lies cause we don't talk for years
And football teams are kissing Queens
and losing sight of having dreams
In a world that what we want is only what we want until it's ours

Train "Calling all angels"

jueves, agosto 16, 2007

Las Horas


Llevo dos días tarareándola y no hay manera de quitármela de la cabeza...

It's, not, how you start, it's how you finish,

And it's, not, where you're from, it's where you're at,

Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna' get up?
How quick are you gonna' get up?
Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna' get up?
Just how are you gonna' get up?

Like Ali in the jungle,
Like Nelson in jail,
Like Simpson on the mountain,
With odds like that, they were bound to fail
Like Keller in the darkness,
Like Adam's in the dock,
Like Ludwig Van, how I loved that man, well the guy went deaf and didn't give a fuck, no...

No, no, no

It's, not, where you are, It's where you're going,
Where are you going?
And it's, not, about the things you've done, it's what you're doing, now,
What are you doing, now?

Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna' get up?
How quick are you gonna' get up, now?
Everybody gets knocked down,
Everybody gets knocked down,
How quick are you gonna' get up?
Just how are you gonna' get up?

Like Ali in the jungle,
Like Nelson in jail,
Like Simpson on the mountain,
Well with odds like that, they were bound to fail
Like Keller in the darkness,
Like Adam's in the dock,
Like Ludwig Van, how I loved that man, well the guy went deaf and didn't give a fuck, no...

Oooh, ooh, ooh
No, no, no
Oooh, ooh, ooh
No, no, no
Oooh, ooh, ooh

It's the greatest comeback since Lazarus,
The greatest comeback since Lazarus,
It's the greatest comeback since Lazarus,
The greatest comeback since Lazarus,
It's the greatest comeback since Lazarus,
The greatest comeback since Lazarus,
The greatest comeback since Lazarus,
The greatest comeback...
It's the greatest comeback...


...y con imagen y sonido...
The Hours "Ali in the Jungle"