IF YOU UNDERSTOOD

If ever the time should disfigure your beautiful face

or that your age is so old that your wrinkles transform it,

if your voice lost its tone, its purity, and tenderness,

and your figure did not find where your waist was.

If my ears did not feel your words like caresses

and I could not see your beautiful face blushing again,

if your reason were to wither and oblivion catch it

and instead of those feminine ways, your hands would tremble today.

What do you think would change? Absolutely nothing,

the same scent of your essence would remain in my soul

and still, my heart would vibrate if I would pronounce your name

and as I loved you yesterday, as I love you today

I would love you just the same.