La naturaleza de mi juego

El tag de nuestra lectora VIP me ha recordado que la primera estrofa de Sympathy for the devil de los Stones fue uno de los epígrafes que utilicé en mi tesis de licenciatura. Aunque no tuvo nada que ver con el tema, sabía que debía encabezar el mamotreto que presentaba para ganarme el grado de Lic. Ahora no dudo en que volverá a ir a la vanguardia en la de maestría.

Si musicaliza el preludio tu boda será --sin duda-- uno de los mejores usos que se le haya podido dar alguna vez.

Sympathy for the devil, la canción que resume la inferencia del Ángel Caído en la historia de la humanidad, el sonido bajo el cual se han planeado los más grandes crímenes de todos los tiempos.

Sympathy For The Devil
(M. Jagger / K. Richards)

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around at St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a-time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, ah yeah

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made

I shouted out,
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game, um yeah

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me

Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah

Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, what's my name

Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame

Woo Who
Woo Who
Woo alright

Oh, who who, oh, who who, oh, who who
Oh Yeah
Woo, who who, Woo, who who
Ah yeah, a-what's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, who, who
Woo, who, who

Ah, yeah!
Whoo whoo
Woo Who Who
Whoo whoo