Translated from the Spanish by Manuel Iris and Pat Brennan
My mother looks out her window and says it’s raining
I look outside
it is actually raining She tells me
when you were a child you looked for puddles
to see the clouds I open my window
everything smells like the taste of jicama
we hang up the phone step outside
and smile
as if we were looking at the same rain.
Mi madre mira
Mi madre mira su ventana y dice llueve
miro afuera
realmente está lloviendo dice
cuando niño te buscabas charcos
para ver las nubes abro mi ventana
todo huele como a sabor de jícama
colgamos el teléfono salimos a la puerta
sonreímos
como si viéramos la misma lluvia
Copyright © 2025 Manuel Iris and Pat Brennan. Used with the permission of the poet and translator.