Ballad of the Blind Man's Dog
I
Since the day he was born his eyes saw
nothing but darkness
Not even his own shadow, or the
affection of a woman
in his mother’s smile...
Although she had never smiled again
Since the day he was born.
She had not wanted to raise a blind boy
That would need someone to cross the
streets.
‘Cause she didn’t want him to stumble
into things
He just could not see.
II
When the old lady died he was already
a grown man
With no friends, no sorrow, nobody to
take care of
Nobody to live with
Nobody’s eyes with which he could see.
He just had a white dog
A big white dog, noble of heart and
mind
That he needed to cross the streets
That didn’t want him to stumble into
things
He just could not see.4
III
He had called him Finn after that friend
he never had
And blindly trusted his wisdom, his
golden mean, his caution
So blindly trusted him
And blindly trusted his step,
And followed his rhythm
As the big white dog carried him
IV
One day somebody looked at Finn and
said:
“This white dog ain’t good no more
‘Cause he stumbles into things he
cannot see.
You better get rid of it.
It’s just an old animal,
Yet noble of heart and mind,
A dog like this should now be free
'Cause what is the use of a seeing-eye
dog
When the dog itself can’t see?”
V
“If there’s no God for you there is no
God for me”.
The blind man said to Finn
Though he knew he could not listen to
the words he spoke
And if he could
He would have never understood.
Then he caressed his back
"I’ll stand by you as you stood by me.
We just don’t need to cross the streets.
‘Cause we don't want to go stumbling
Into things we just cannot see."
Writer/s: Publio Delgado
