Nunca pedí

Nunca pedí nada.
Nunca pedí venir al mundo.
Nunca pedí nacer en un hogar pobre y
en un país infestado de violencia.
Nunca pedí dejar mi tierra y
embarcarme en un viaje largo y
cruzar tenebrosas fronteras.

Nunca pedí sufrir,
aguantar hambre,
experimentar sosiego e incertidumbre,
calor, sed, desprecio, nunca.

Nunca pedí
quebrantar leyes federales
impuestas por el hombre,
nunca.

Nunca.
Nunca pedí.
Nunca pedí nada.
Nunca pedí convertirme en criminal a
tan corta edad.
Nunca pedí ser esposado y
transportado en una jaula de animales.
Nunca pedí nada y
ahora…
Ahora soy la ira de las masas
que me odian con racismo
como un chivo expiatorio, a mí,
A mi tan corta edad.
Inocente yo que,
mi único delito ha sido
Nacer pobre, indefenso, frágil,
en un hogar irresponsable
Y haber sido transportado a través
De una travesía ilógica y cruel
Hacia los Unais,
criatura que nunca,
Nunca pidió.
Nunca pidió nada.

I never asked for anything.
I never asked to come into the world.
I never asked to be born into a poor home
in a country plagued by violence.
I never asked to leave my land
and embark on a long journey
and cross treacherous borders.

I Never Ask

I never asked to suffer,
to endure hunger,
to experience peace and uncertainty,
heat, thirst, contempt, never.

I never asked
to break federal laws
imposed by man,
never.

Never.
I never asked.
I never asked for anything.
I never asked to become a criminal
at such a young age.
I never asked to be handcuffed and
transported in an animal cage.
I never asked for anything and
now…
Now I am the rage of the masses
who hate me with racism
as a scapegoat, me,
Me at such a young age.
Innocent me, whose only crime has been
to be born poor, defenseless, fragile,
into an irresponsible home
and to have been transported through
an illogical and cruel journey
to the United States,
a creature who never,
never asked.
I never asked for anything.