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Salmo 5

Ernesto Cardenal
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SALMO 5

Escucha mis palabras oh Señor
Oye mis gemidos

Escucha mi protesta
Porque no eres tú un Dios amigo de los dictadores
ni partidario de su política
ni te influencia la propaganda
ni estás en sociedad con el gangster

No existe sinceridad en sus discursos
ni en sus declaraciones de prensa

Hablan de paz en sus discursos
mientras aumentan su producción de guerra

Hablan de paz en las Conferencias de Paz
y en secreto se preparan para la guerra

sus radios mentirosos rugen toda la noche.‎

Sus escritorios están llenos de planes criminales
y expedientes siniestros
Pero tú me salvarás de sus planes.‎

Hablan con la boca de las ametralladoras.
Sus lenguas relucientes
son las bayonetas…
Castígalos oh Dios
malogra su política
confunde sus memorandums
impide sus programas.‎

A la hora de la Sirena de Alarma
tú estarás conmigo
tú serás mi refugio el dá de la Bomba

Al que no cree en la mentira de sus anuncios comerciales
ni en sus campañas publicitarias ni en sus campañas políticas

tú lo bendices
Lo rodeas con tu amor
como con tanques blindados.‎
PSALM 5

Give ear to my words, O Lord
Hearken unto my moaning
Pay heed to my protest
For you are not a God friendly to dictators
neither are you a partisan of their politics
Nor are you influenced by their propaganda
Neither are you in league with the gangster

There is no sincerity in their speeches
nor in their press releases

They speak of peace in their speeches
while they increase their war production
They speak of peace at Peace Conferences
and secretly prepare for war
Their lying radios roar into the night
Their desks are strewn with criminal intentions and sinister reports
But you will deliver me from their plans
They speak through the mouth of the submachine gun
Their flashing tongues are bayonets...

Punish them, O Lord,
thwart them in their policies
confuse their memorandums
obstruct their programs

At the hour of Alarm
you shall be with me
you shall be my refuge on the day of the Bomb
To him who believes not in the lies of their commercial messages
nor in their publicity campaigns nor in their political campaigns
you will give your blessing
With love do you encompass him
As with armor-plated tanks


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