El Coquí
(Ko'Kee)
Soy caramelo
fingernail small
con alma Taína
once you hear me
you won't forget
Coquí! coquí! coquí!
I am hard
to catch.
Not many know
the origin of my song.
Coquí! coquí! coquí!
A midnight
serenade
keeps the island alive.
Coquí! coquí! coquí!
I belong
to the Old World.
I hide by the river
travel on a leaf of your mind
Coquí! coquí! coquí!
Judith Vasquez 1978