IV

IV


The walls were flowered with lions
all answer the call
Claiming his men
To brandish the sword of justice;

We were a lava
In the nation veins,
Needed by the Empire,
Needed to tear the defeat
from the enemy's entrails.

The walls were flowered with lions
all answer the call
The fever of the value roared
In the credulous voices
That signed the contract with the war
Under the shade of that summer
which burnt in so many winters.

© ANTONIO LINARES FAMILIAR

IV


Las paredes afloraron con leones
todos respondemos la llamada
reclamando a sus hombres
a empuñar la espada de la justicia;

Fuimos lava
en las venas de la nación,
necesitados por el Imperio,
necesitados parra arrancar la derrota
de las vísceras del enemigo.

Las calles afloraron con leones
todos respondemos la llamada
rugió la fiebre del valor
en las voces crédulas
que firmamos su contrato con la guerra
bajo la sombra de aquel verano
que ardiera en tantos inviernos.

© ANTONIO LINARES FAMILIAR