Dentro de una caja / Inside a box

Hay cajas, muchas cajas,
todas de medidas variadas,
parecen no contener nada
y ahí permanecen arrumadas.

Eso pensaba mientras las miraba,
hasta que descubrí una de tabacos naranja,
que tenía un agujero en su fachada,
por donde algo me miraba.

There are boxes, lots of boxes,
all of varying sizes,
they seem to contain nothing
and there they remain crumpled up.

That's what I thought while I was looking at them,
until I discovered one of orange cigars,
which had a hole in its front,
through which something was looking at me.

Fui por un dulce largo,
de aquellos de color variado,
lo introduje en el agujero con cuidado
y algo lo jaló, fue inesperado.

Me pareció muy mal educado,
por eso fui por un rostro enfadado,
lo coloqué en el agujero sin cuidado
y me marché molesta a otro lado.

I went for a long candy,
one of those assorted colored ones,
I carefully inserted it into the hole
and something pulled it, it was unexpected.

I thought it was very rude,
so I went for an angry face,
I put it in the hole carelessly
and I went away upset somewhere else.

Y cuando me había ido,
pasaron cosas que nadie hubiera creído,
empezaron a salir de la caja,
seres con apariencias mágicas.

Brotaban sin mesura de aquella caja,
parecían infinitos, no paraban,
por marcharme no vi nada
y me perdí el desfile de estas criaturas encantadas.

And when I was gone,
things happened that no one would have believed,
started coming out of the box,
beings with magical appearances.

They sprouted without measure from that box,
they seemed infinite, they didn't stop,
I didn't see anything because I was leaving
and I missed the parade of these enchanted creatures.

Y todo esto pasó,
por marcharme molesta,sin justa causa,
primero debí ver que era lo que pasaba
y conocer a quienes en la caja estaban.

And all this happened,
for leaving upset, without just cause,
I should have first seen what was going on
and get to know those who were in the box

Créditos
Stopmotion y cuento original de Margarita Palomino.
Colombia, noviembre del 2024