Del barrio - Loquillo

LES RUEGO QUE ME ACEPTEN ESTA HISTORIA DE LADRILLO,

DE GUITARRA Y DE CUCHILLO,

DE LAS SOMBRAS Y LOS ECOS QUE SONARON

POR EL BARRIO.

PORQUE ES LA VIEJA HISTORIA DE LAS CALLES DE EMPEDRAO

Y LA LUNA REFLEJNDOSE EN LOS CHARCOS.

EN LAS NOCHES DE FARRA DESTAC MUY PRONTO

UN MOZO BIEN PLANTADO

Y FUE DEL SUBURBIO EL CASANOVA.

CON SU GARGANTA FIEL P LA BRONCA Y EL RON,

QUE ANTES DE LOS VEINTE A MS DE CUATRO DESPACH,

QUE BAJO LA LUZ DE UN FAROL CONVOC A LA BANDA:

LA BANDA DEL BARRIO…

Y, CUANTO MS APORREAO,

ES MAS OBLIGACIN DE UN «GUAPO» DE SER MS MENTAO.

A GOLPE DE GANZA, SU REPUTACIN FUE

COMO PLVORA QUE SE PRENDI;

Y PROSPER DEPRISA POR SU ESTAMPA DE MATN,

Y OLVID MUY PRONTO EL VIEJO OLOR DE CALLEJN.

NO FALTABAN AMIGOS MIENTRAS QUE EL PARN

QUISO PAGAR EL BAILE O EL LICOR

NI UNA HEMBRA CUMPLIDORA QUE SIGUIERA SU AGARRAO:

NADIE RECHAZO SU INVITACIN.

AN MAS LAS COMADRES

QUE AQUEL MOZO ACREDITADO PAL BAILONGO Y PARA TAJO,

QUIEN ROBARA CORAZONES,

DESAPARECI DEL BARRIO.

Y VOLVI UNA NOCHE OSCURA A LAS CALLES DEL LUGAR

PERDIDO, SOLO Y SIN SU ANTIGUO RANGO.

SI FUE EL ALCOHOL, LA TIMBA,

SI FUE LA COCA, O SI FUE AQUEL MAL PASO,

EL CASO ES QUE EL QUE FUERA ANTES HOMBRE DE ACCIN

AL BARRIO RETORN;

Y ALL SLO ENCONTR

A OTRO, YA OCUPANDO AQUEL SITIO QUE L DEJ:

MUY LEJOS YA DE SU PRIMER AMOR,

Y MUERTA LA MADRE QUE LO QUISO TANTO…

CUNTAS NOCHES SU DESDICHA

SLO FUE ALUMBRADA POR LA LUZ DE ALGN BURDEL!!!

L QUISO QUE NADIE NOMBRARA SU TRAICIN

AL RECOSTAR SU PENA EN UN PORTN;

PERO EL BARRIO NO PERDONA NUNCA AL QUE LO ABANDON

Y POR LTIMA VEZ EL CUCHILLO DIO RAZN.

PARA L NO HABR YA MS HAZAAS QUE CONTAR:

DUELO FINAL, LEYENDA DEL BARRIAL.

UN CUERPO COMO UN FARDO SOBRE LA ACERA CAY.

AS FUE

COMO EL BARRIO PAG

A QUIEN LO TRAICION.

I BEG YOU TO ACCEPT THIS BRICK STORY,

OF GUITAR AND KNIFE,

OF THE SHADOWS AND THE ECHOES THAT SOUNDED

FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

BECAUSE IT IS THE OLD STORY OF THE STREETS OF EMPEDRAO

AND THE MOON REFLECTING IN THE PUDDLES.

IN THE NIGHTS OF FARRA DESTAC VERY SOON

A WELL PLANTED WAITER

AND THE CASANOVA WAS FROM THE SUBURB.

WITH ITS FAITHFUL THROAT FOR BRONCA AND RUM,

THAT BEFORE TWENTY TO MORE THAN FOUR DESPACH,

THAT UNDER THE LIGHT OF A LANTERN SUMMONS THE BAND:

THE BAND OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD...

AND, THE MORE I PUNCH,

IT IS MORE OBLIGATION OF A "HANDSOME" TO BE MORE MINDFUL.

AT A GANZA HIT, HIS REPUTATION WAS

LIKE GUNPOWDER THAT CATCHED ON;

AND PROSPER QUICKLY FOR HIS STAMP OF MATN,

AND VERY QUICKLY FORGOT THE OLD SMELL OF THE STREET.

THERE WERE NO MISSING FRIENDS WHILE THE PARN

HE WANTED TO PAY FOR THE DANCE OR THE LIQUOR

NOT A COMPLIANT FEMALE THAT FOLLOWED HER GRAB:

NOBODY REFUSED HIS INVITATION.

EVEN MORE THE COMADRES

THAT THAT GUY ACCREDITED TO PAL BAILONGO AND FOR TAJO,

WHO WILL STEAL HEARTS,

I DISAPPEARED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I RETURNED ONE DARK NIGHT TO THE STREETS OF THE PLACE

LOST, ALONE AND WITHOUT HIS OLD RANK.

IF IT WAS THE ALCOHOL, THE TIMBA,

IF IT WAS THE COCA, OR IF IT WAS THAT BAD STEP,

THE CASE IS THAT THE ONE WHO WAS BEFORE A MAN OF ACTION

TO RETURN NEIGHBORHOOD;

AND THERE I ONLY FOUND

TO ANOTHER, ALREADY OCCUPYING THAT PLACE THAT HE LEFT:

VERY FAR FROM HIS FIRST LOVE,

AND DEAD THE MOTHER WHO LOVED HIM SO MUCH...

HOW MANY NIGHTS HIS MISFORTUNE

IT WAS ONLY ILLUMINATED BY THE LIGHT OF SOME BROTHEL!!!

HE WANTED NOBODY TO NAME HIS BETRAYAL

BY LAYING HIS PENALTY IN A PORTN;

BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEVER FORGIVES THOSE WHO LEAVE IT

AND FOR THE LAST TIME THE KNIFE GAVE REASON.

FOR HIM THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEEDS TO TELL:

FINAL DUEL, LEGEND OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

A BODY LIKE A BALE ON THE SIDEWALK CAY.

AS IT WAS

AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD PAG

WHOM HE BETRAYED.