Spanish–English parallel text
No es asunto tuyo
Not Your Business
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Bridge Street está oscura y mojada. Hay una luz en la tienda de Priya y una luz en la parada de autobús. Un gato está debajo de un coche. Pero no hay gente. No hay nadie en la calle.
Bridge Street is dark and wet. There is a light in Priya’s shop and a light at the bus stop. A cat sits under a car. But there are no people. Nobody is in the street.
Ana vuelve a entrar. Cierra la puerta. En la cocina, Walter tiene los dos trozos de la tarjeta en las manos. Los mete en el bolsillo de su camisa, con cuidado.
Ana comes back in. She closes the door. In the kitchen, Walter has the two pieces of the card in his hands. He puts them in the pocket of his shirt, carefully.
«Gracias por la tarta», dice. «Buenas noches a todos». Y sube. La fiesta termina.
“Thank you for the cake,” he says. “Good night, everybody.” And he goes upstairs. The party is over.
Priya se pone el abrigo. En la puerta, mira a Ana. «Sé buena con él esta noche, cielo», dice. Luego cruza la calle hacia su tienda.
Priya puts on her coat. At the door, she looks at Ana. “Be kind to him tonight, my dear,” she says. Then she goes across the road to her shop.
Daniel coge su taza de la mesa. «Ana», dice en voz baja. «No busques a M. ¿Vale? Es una historia triste». Y también se va.
Daniel takes his mug from the table. “Ana,” he says quietly. “Don’t look for M. OK? It’s a sad story.” And he goes too.
Ana está sola en la cocina con la tarta y Crumb. Piensa. Una bolsa de pan cada noche. Un cuadrado de papel limpio. Un cartel quemado. Una tarjeta sin sello. Y todos dicen: no preguntes.
Ana is alone in the kitchen with the cake and Crumb. She thinks. A bag of bread every night. A neat paper square. A burnt sign. A card with no stamp. And everybody says: don’t ask.
«Vale, Crumb», dice. «No pregunto. Miro».
“OK, Crumb,” she says. “I don’t ask. I look.”
Esa noche, a las tres en punto, Walter pone la bolsa en el escalón de atrás. Luego empieza a trabajar. Ana hace la masa con él. No dice nada de la bolsa.
That night, at three o’clock, Walter puts the bag on the back step. Then he starts work. Ana makes the dough with him. She doesn’t say anything about the bag.
A las tres y media, Walter está ocupado en el horno. Ana va al almacén. Está oscuro allí. En el almacén, hay una ventana pequeña. Desde la ventana, puede ver el escalón de atrás.
At half past three, Walter is busy at the oven. Ana goes into the store room. It is dark there. In the store room, there is a small window. From the window, she can see the back step.
No enciende la luz. Está delante de la ventana y espera. La bolsa todavía está allí, en el escalón. El río está negro. Nada se mueve.
She doesn’t turn on the light. She stands at the window and waits. The bag is still there, on the step. The river is black. Nothing moves.
Cinco minutos. Diez minutos. Luego la luz se enciende detrás de ella.
Five minutes. Ten minutes. Then the light goes on behind her.
Walter está en la puerta del almacén. Tiene la cara roja. «¿Qué haces?»
Walter is at the door of the store room. His face is red. “What are you doing?”
«Yo… quiero ver», dice Ana. «¿Quién coge el pan?»
“I… I want to see,” Ana says. “Who takes the bread?”
«¡Eso no es asunto tuyo!» La voz de Walter es muy fuerte. Crumb va debajo de la mesa. «La bolsa no es asunto tuyo. La tarjeta no es asunto tuyo. Estás aquí por el pan. Solo por el pan. ¿Entiendes?»
“That is not your business!” Walter’s voice is very loud. Crumb goes under the table. “The bag is not your business. The card is not your business. You’re here for the bread. Only the bread. Do you understand?”
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