de Ernesto Cardenal

Al perderte yo a ti tú y yo hemos perdido:
yo porque tú eras lo que yo más amaba
y tú porque yo era el que te amaba más.
Pero de nosotros dos tú pierdes más que yo:
porque yo podré amar a otras como te amaba a ti
pero a ti no te amarán como te amaba yo.

by Ernesto Cardenal

When I lost you, both of us ended up losing:
I did because you were what I loved most,
and so did you because I was the one who loved you most.
But of the two of us, you've lost more,
since I'll be able to love others as I loved you,
but no one will love you the way I did.

translated by Steven F. White