One Day When You Look for Me
We hope to have the original poem in Zapotec shortly.
One Day When You Look For Me
One day when you look for me
you won't find me
and in your heart
there'll be no one left to tell you
which path I took
and where I forgot you.
One day when you open your eyes
I won't be here
I'll have taken another path
and forgotten you.
You'll look north and south
to where the sun is born and where it hides
where the four roads meet
you'll look crazy, searching for my footprints.
Who knows what rains
and what winds
will have swept them away.
When You Search with Your Eyes
The day that you search with your eyes
you will no longer find me,
and inside my heart
there will be no one that will tell you
which path I took
and where I forgot you.
The day that you open your eyes
I will no longer be present,
I will have gone down another footpath/trail
and I will have forgotten you.
You will look toward the North and the South,
toward where the sun is born and where it is hidden,
where the arms of the path cross [lit. make a four]
you will look as if crazy, searching for my footprints.
Who knows what rains
and winds will have already passed
sweeping them [away].