Maria Paula Nieto-Angel – Love of Farmland

Maria Paula Nieto-Angel – Program Coordinator Corporate & Special Projects. IE University.

Reading:

Love of Farmland (Amor de Conuco) by Juan Luis Guerra
(1986).

Tell me if she would love me
I am a man of few words, Consuelo
I have nothing to offer
A farmland, a rooster, and a bright star
And the morning light
That enters through my window, darling
And the rivers and the mountains
And the wind that combs your hair
I would like to offer you the world,
but I can’t.

You don’t have to offer me anything
Your gaze is the only thing I want
We will sleep when the day
Lies down on the pasture
And the crickets will make their song
Among grass and meadow, we will dream
And from so much love your body
Will make from my womb what I hope for
A portrait of your affection, I love you.

—

Dime si me va a quere´
Soy hombre de poco habla’, Consuelo
No tengo na’ que ofrecer
Un conuco, un gallo y un lucero
Y la luz de la mañana
Que entra por mi ventana, cielo
Y lo´ río´ y la montaña
Y el viento que peina tu pelo
Yo quisiera ofrecerte el mundo y no puedo.

Na’ me tienes que ofrecer
Tu mirada es lo único que quiero
Dormiremos cuando el día
Se acueste encima del potrero
Y lo´ grillo´ harán su canto
Entre hierba y pasto, soñaremos
Y de tanto amor tu cuerpo
Hará de mi vientre lo que espero
Un retrato de tu cariño, te quiero.