Jaime Sabines. Doña Luz XXI. Song.

Doña Luz XXI. Jaime Sabines.
The house protects me from the night cold, from the midday sun, from fallen trees, from the wind of hurricanes, from the snares of lightning, from overflowing rivers, from men and beasts.
But the house does not protect me from death. Through what crack does the air of death sneak in? What fungus on the walls, what substance ascending from the heart of the earth is death?
Who smeared death on the soles of my feet on the day of my birth?
Jaime Sabines (1926-1999)