Un ermitaño inglés
El ermitaño vivía con un grupo de
leones. Se había perdido en una expedición, de eso hacía dos años. Nunca lo
encontraron. Ahora sólo tenía sus dos valijas: una era la de su chelo y otra, la
de la ropa, que iba alternando.
Gracias a las notas de su violonchelo seguía vivo. Lo visitaban cuando
amanecía. Él empezaba a tocar hasta la puesta del sol y los leones le llevaban
carne cruda que cocinaba a la noche, bien tarde.
Un día, mientras tocaba su música, un león macho trató de atacarlo y dos
hembras se lo impidieron.
En su nueva y extraña existencia, el ermitaño tenía una posesión
especial. Se trataba de una cortina de grandes y bellas lentejuelas de colores,
que había sacado de su casa y que había llevado, para colgar en la cabaña donde
iba a hospedarse, si su destino no hubiera cambiado. Ahora, la cortina colgaba
de tres maderas que simulaban una puerta, única obra que había llevado a cabo. Los
leones, miraban esas grandes lentejuelas que, en sus reflejos, jugaban con el
sol mientras él, hacía su música.
An English Hermit
The hermit lived with a group of lions. He had gotten lost in an
expedition around two years from now. They never found him. Now he only had his
two suitcases: his cello's case and the other, the one carrying the clothes
which he used alternately.
Thanks to the notes of his cello he was still alive. They visited him at
daybreak. He started playing until sunset and lions brought him raw meat which
he cooked at night, very late.
One day, while playing his music, a male lion tried to attack him and
two female lions stopped it.
In his new and strange existence, the hermit had a special possession.
It was about a bog and beautiful coloured paillette curtain, which he had taken
from his home to hang in the cabin where he was to stay, if his destination had
not changed. Now, the curtain hung from three timbers that simulated a door,
the only work that had been carried out. The lions, watched those big sequins
that in their reflections, played with the sun while he played his music.
Traducción: Delfina de la Torre
