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9/1/2018

I Want to Be a Witch By Yuvia Hernández Cháirez: Translated by Toshiya Kamei

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I Want to Be a Witch
by Yuvia Hernández Cháirez (Translated by Toshiya Kamei)

Mom, I want to be a witch
in a fairy tale
who knows witchery, astronomy,
and other tricks.
She can fly to the moon
like an astronaut
or a bird in the sky.
A witch who can
see what happens on the other side
and trace colors
in the starry sky.

Mom, I want to be a witch,
ugly and old, but brainy
enough to stay clear
of the trap of life.
I want to be someone
everyone looks up to,
someone who can touch the sea
without letting it go.

Mom, I don't want to be a princess
in a fairy tale
who has to wait for her prince
to make all her dreams come true
and doesn't try to live beyond
the daily grind of housework
with kids clinging to her skirt
obedient with no thought for tomorrow.

Don't give me that look!
I don't want to be a princess
because I want to be a witch
because I want to fly to the moon
on my own wings.

Mom, I don't want to be a princess
I want to be a witch
in a fairy tale.
I want to be free to fly through the sky
like her.



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Yo quiero ser bruja

Mamá, yo quiero ser bruja,
como la del cuento
que conoce las brújulas, la astronomía
y otros inventos.
Que puede volar a la luna,
como los astronautas
o como los pájaros del cielo.
Una bruja con poderes
para ver lo que pasa en otros lados
y poder trazar los colores
en ese cielo estrellado.

Mamá, yo quiero ser bruja,
fea y vieja, pero con cerebro;
el suficiente para no caer
en las redes de la vida
y poder ser alguien
a quien todo mundo admira.
Poder tocar el mar
sin que éste se le escape.

Mamá, yo no quiero ser princesa,
como la del cuento,
que tiene que esperar al príncipe
para poder realizar todos sus sueños,
que no pasan de entrar a una vida
llena de quehaceres,
con niños colgando de la falda;
sumisa sin pensar en el mañana.

¡No me pongas esa cara!
Yo no quiero ser princesa,
porque quiero ser bruja,
porque quiero llegar hasta la luna
con la fuerza de mis alas.

Mamá yo no quiero ser princesa
quiero ser bruja
como la del cuento
y como ella,
ser libre de correr por el firmamento.

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Yuvia Hernández Cháirez lives in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. She is the author of The Lost (2007), De la luna y otros vicios (2007), and A Dreamer’s Realm (2007). Yuvia blogs at http://pandanotebook.blogspot.com/


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