Familia de especies desiguales / Family of unequal species

Por el sifón se observa algo,
un animal que está atrapado,
intenta salir, está atorado,
entre las rejillas de pequeño tamaño.

Por ahí pasa un topo estrellado
y va a auxiliarlo,
lo libera, ya no está atorado
y se lo lleva para curarlo.

Something can be seen through the siphon,
an animal that is trapped,
it's trying to get out, it's stuck
between the small sized grids.

A starry mole passes by
and goes to help it,
frees it, it is no longer stuck.
and takes him away to cure him.

Lo lleva hasta su guarida
y en la entrada lo guinda,
no es un animal raro,
es un capullo que no se ha transformado.

Ahí lo deja tranquilo,
sabe que saldrá algo lindo,
de los capullos nacen seres atractivos
y casi siempre llamativos.

He takes him to his lair
and at the entrance, he chews it up,
it is not a rare animal,
it is a cocoon that has not transformed.

There he leaves it alone,
it knows that something beautiful will come out of it,
attractive beings are born from the cocoons.
and almost always striking

En la ausencia del topo estrellado,
el capullo su cambio ha comenzado,
es un proceso rápido
y nace una polilla con perfecto camuflado.

Cuando el topo estrellado regresa,
con la polilla se encuentra,
sus alas simulan hojas frescas
y sobre el topo con ternura se trepa.

In the absence of the starry mole,
the cocoon its change has begun,
it is a rapid process
and a perfectly camouflaged moth is born.

When the star mole returns,
it meets the moth,
its wings simulate fresh leaves
and climbs over the mole.

La polilla abraza al topo estrellado,
reconoce a quien la ha salvado,
poco a poco se van elevando
y los dos recorren el cielo emocionados.

Nació una amistad entre seres amables,
uno ayudó en un evento desfavorable,
otro le mostró la tierra desde el aire
y ahora son familia de especies desiguales.

The moth embraces the starry mole,
recognizes the one who saved it,
little by little they rise
and the two of them fly excitedly across the sky.

A friendship was born between kind beings,
one helped in an unfavorable event,
the other showed him the earth from the air
and now they are a family of unequal species.

Créditos
Stopmotion y cuento original de Margarita Palomino.
Colombia, mayo de 2025