Let no one know

Let no one know anything, even if you are broken inside,

because no one cares about you in the slightest—

still less about the pain that, pinned in place, wells up from the depths of your gut.

Tell no one anything about your secret life,

about your silent absence,

nor about your death so long foretold.

Let no one know anything,

because no one knows how deeply you care for and love the truth.

And always silence your weeping.

Let it seem childish, like so many others.

Let it drown in the black pillow of the hostile night

and be lost in the bloody dawn of each day:

another day, repeated.

Let no one know about your brother,

about what happened beneath the dirty sheet that hid his hand.

About the blind mother who saw you sweating

while your young body was being stolen—

back when guilt wasn’t yet a sense,

and to feel was not even a sin.

And even if your mother opens her eyes and sees,

let her know nothing of the son who changed

from living to inanimate,

from smiling to withdrawn,

from calm to violent,

from ordinary to strange.

Always strange and wary, complicated,

the son who was born seeing others with his eyes closed.

The daughter who died being, above all,

a burden of bones

from an ancient, long-neglected hunger.

A daughter who ate among the blind:

the blind—so many hands.

Let no one hear what you heard,

so terribly close

that your ears were scorched,

because no one wants to hear you

when the truth is so personal, so frank and direct.

Because no one will be able to believe

the far-off dream of the tiny person you once were,

nor will they want to trade a devoted father

for the fiend from the nightmare you lived.

Let no one know anything about why devils run in your blood,

destroying and caressing your mind.

You cannot tell them of their terrible howls

and of teeth skewered into sores,

while their serrated, rusted knives lick your skin.

From your temple the pain flows, silently,

into trembling, bewildered fingers.

How are you going to explain to them

that people frighten you,

that bathrooms disgust you,

that someone’s handshake makes you recoil

or their grip on your arm,

that you hate a certain color or a smell,

cannot endure that taste,

or for them to touch your clothes

or that secret, sensitive fiber

at the heart of your wounds?

Let no one know anything,

even if you are broken inside,

because no one cares about you in the slightest—

still less about the pain that, pinned in place,

wells up from the depths of your gut.

Don't let it show - Alan Parsons Project (I Robot)

Si se está haciendo difícil afrontar cada día,

.............................If it's getting harder to face every day,

no lo demuestres, no lo demuestres.

.............................Don't let it show, don't let it show.

Aunque sea duro aceptar lo que dicen,

.............................Though it's getting harder to take what they say,

déjalo pasar, déjalo pasar...

.............................Just let it go, just let it go...

Y si te duele cuando dicen mi nombre

.............................And if it hurts when they mention my name,

dí que no me conoces...

.............................Say you don't know me...

Y si te ayuda cuando dicen que tengo la culpa

.............................And if it helps when they say I'm to blame,

dí que no te pertenezco

.............................Say you don't own me...

Incluso si es la salida más fácil

.............................Even if it's taking the easy way out,

guárdalo dentro de tí.

.............................Keep it inside of you.

No te rindas

.............................Don't give in.

No les digas nada.

.............................Don't tell them anything.

No dejes que,

.............................Don't let it,

No dejes que se sepa.

.............................Don't let it show.

Incluso aunque sepas que es incorrecto decirlo,

.............................Even though you know it's the wrong thing to say,

di que no te importa, di que no te importa.

.............................Say you don't care, say you don't care.

Incluso si quieres creer que hay una solución,

.............................Even if you want to believe there's a way,

No estaré allí... No estaré allí...

.............................I won't be there...I won't be there...

Pero si sonries cuando dicen mi nombre,

.............................But if you smile when they mention my name,

Nunca te conocerán

.............................They'll never know you.

Y si te ries cuando dicen que tengo la culpa,

.............................And if you laugh when they say I'm to blame,

Nunca les pertenecerás

.............................They'll never own you.

Incluso si sientes que no tienes nada que esconder,

.............................Even if you feel you've got nothing to hide,

guardalo dentro de tí.

.............................Keep it inside of you.

No te rindas

.............................Don't give in,

No les digas nada.

.............................Don't tell them anything.

No dejes que,

.............................Don't let it-

no dejes que se sepa.

.............................Don't let it show.