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arrancas, e iban a salirles a<strong>de</strong>lante.<br />

Parecía como si quisieran pasar al otro<br />

lado <strong>de</strong>l camino y el entierro se lo<br />

impidiera, llegando siempre en aquel<br />

momento preciso.<br />

Cada vez se oía más el golpe <strong>de</strong> los<br />

tacones sobre la panza <strong>de</strong>l camino.<br />

Las llamitas <strong>de</strong> las can<strong>de</strong>las se habían<br />

volado, haciéndose estrellas. Poco a<br />

poco oscurecía; no se vio ya sino el<br />

brocal pasmado <strong>de</strong>l cielo. Sólo se oía el<br />

cepillar <strong>de</strong> los caites; el golpetear <strong>de</strong> los<br />

tacones; el rechinar <strong>de</strong>l cajón; el pujar<br />

<strong>de</strong> los cargantes, y aquel credo que<br />

seguía el entierro como una cola <strong>de</strong><br />

moscarrones. De cuando en cuando se<br />

trompezaba alguien, y se oía un brusco:<br />

“¡piedra hijesesenta mil!...”. También<br />

se oía una que otra escupida, con su<br />

húmedo ¡jaashup!..., o la tos cascada <strong>de</strong><br />

alguna vieja.<br />

Ya no se veiya. Por ratos, en los claros,<br />

se pintaban las curvas prietas <strong>de</strong> los<br />

alambres, que no habían aún logrado<br />

pasar.<br />

Ya cuando era imposible ver, don Daví<br />

encendió el farol. Iba con el trapo <strong>de</strong> luz<br />

por el pelado camino. Sus calzones178 blancos se miraban moverse en la<br />

lumbre, como ánimas en pena. De<br />

cuando en vez saltaba una piedra, en<br />

medio <strong>de</strong> la luz, con el hocico abierto<br />

177. Moscarrón: giant green fly.<br />

178. Pantalones.<br />

91<br />

looked at the wires with their green<br />

eyes. Sometimes they dipped into<br />

the bushes down the ravines only to<br />

reappear ahead of them everytime. It<br />

seemed as if they wanted to pass to<br />

the other si<strong>de</strong> of the road but the burial<br />

procession prevented them from doing<br />

so.<br />

Lou<strong>de</strong>r and lou<strong>de</strong>r, the heels of the<br />

shoes beat over the paunch of the road.<br />

The little flames of the candles had<br />

already flown away, turning into stars.<br />

It was getting darker; the only thing<br />

that could be seen was the stunned<br />

parapet of the sky. The only thing that<br />

could be heard was the brushing of<br />

the caite sandals, the drumming of the<br />

shoe heels, the creak of the coffin, the<br />

moaning of the pallbearers, and the<br />

hum of the people that followed whose<br />

prayers reverberating like swarm of<br />

buzzing flies. 177 Ocassionally someone<br />

would trip on a rock and swear. The<br />

noises of people hurling gobs on the<br />

ground… or the <strong>de</strong>cayed cough of an<br />

old lady were also heard.<br />

It was total darkness. At times the<br />

black curves of the wires that had not<br />

yet been able to pass were painted by<br />

the moonlight.<br />

When it was no longer possible to see,<br />

Señor Daví lit the lantern. He walked<br />

within the cloth of light in the naked<br />

road. His white peasants’ clothes<br />

seemed to hover in the light, like souls

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