Patricia Bañuelos
Vashon
Temporal
No llores, volveré antes que lleguen las lluvias, prometió.
Llegó uno y muchos temporales, se dieron buenas cosechas.
De él jamás se supo nada.
No lo olvidó, la tristeza la inundó en cada ciclo agrícola,
mas no se permitió el desahogo del llanto.
La milpa depende de su sequía.
Seasonal
Don’t cry, I’ll be back before the rains come, he promised.
One and many seasonal rains came, good harvests were produced.
No one ever heard from him.
She did not forget him, sadness flooded her in every agricultural cycle,
but she held back her tears.
The cornfield depends on her drought.
Original language: Spanish
Translated by: Poet
Translated by: Poet