The haunting of the the past

HOY ERES MENOS

Alguien que ha estado tratando de olvidarte,
Y a cuya memoria, por eso mismo,
Regresabas como la melodía de una canción de moda
Que todos tararean sin querer,
O como la frase de un anuncio o una consigna;
Alguien así, ahora,
Probablemente
(Seguramente) sin saberlo,
Ha empezado, al fin, a olvidarte.

Hoy eres menos.

-Roberto Fernández Retamar

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TODAY YOU ARE LESS

Someone who has been trying to forget you
And to his memory, for that reason,
You always returned like the melody of a popular song
That people croon without knowing it,
Or like a phrase from an announcement or a saying;
Someone like that, now,
Probably,
(Certainly) without realizing it,
Has begun, finally, to forget you.

Today you are less.