“The Nadies” (1940)
Fleas dream of buying a dog and dreams of na-
Dies with leaving poor, that some magical day rain suddenly
Good luck, let the good luck rain you; but the
Good luck it does not rain yesterday, today, tomorrow, or never
Drizzle falls from heaven good luck, however much the na-
Dies call her and even if her left hand
Stand on the right foot, or start the year by changing
broom.
The nadies: the children of no one, the owners of nothing.
The nadies: none, none of them, running
Hare, dying life, fucked, rejodidos:
That they are not, even if they are.
They do not speak languages, but dialects.
They do not do art, but handicrafts.
Do not practice culture, but folklore.
That they are not human beings, but human resources.
They have no faces, but arms.
That do not have names, but numbers.
That they do not appear in the universal history, but in the chronicle
Red from the local press.
The nadies, which cost less than the bullet that kills them.