Amor y Río

LOVE AND RIVER (1929)
 
Evaristo Ribera Chevremont
 
 
   My constancy in love
is like the water of a river,
that never turns back.
 
   My love is a river, not a flower,
since the flower dies, and mine
will never ever die.
 
   If I entrust my love to you
and in you my love grows more,
it is for your love and my love.
 
   It is for your love, that it is mine.
It is for your love, that it is my love;
and through it gives to me.
 
   My love is not a flower, does not smell
of flower, it is neither a flower nor dew.
It is more than a flower, much more.
 
   It is my love in the love
that never turns back,
because it is love, because it is a river.
 
   Observing a river is when
you forget that you’re a flower
and remember that you’re a river.
 
   Because you are also a river,
when you are in love
and do not turn back.
 
   Ah, love, my love!
Ah, your love, my love’s love!
Ah, your love, the love you give me!
 
   I am constant in love.
I am constant, since what is mine
does not end, ever.
 
   River and channel of love.
Channel and river of my river.
River that does not turn back.