Callejero

Street Dog

Callejero

He was a street dog by his own right;Era callejero por derecho propio;
his philosophy of freedomsu filosofía de la libertad
was to win his own, without tying othersfue ganar la suya, sin atar a otros
and never stepping over others.y sobre los otros no pasar jamás.

Although he belonged to everyone, he never had an ownerAunque fue de todos, nunca tuvo dueño
who conditioned his reason for being.que condicionara su razón de ser.
Free as the wind was our dog,Libre como el viento era nuestro perro,
ours and of the street that saw him born.nuestro y de la calle que lo vio nacer.

He was a street dog with the sun on his back,Era un callejero con el sol a cuestas,
faithful to his destiny and his beliefs;fiel a su destino y a su parecer;
without a schedule for a napsin tener horario para hacer la siesta
or being accountable at dawn.ni rendirle cuentas al amanecer.

He was our dog and he was tenderness,Era nuestro perro y era la ternura,
that which we lose more every dayesa que perdemos cada día más
and he was a metaphor for the adventurey era una metáfora de la aventura
that cannot be found in the dictionary.que en el diccionario no se puede hallar.

I say "our dog" because what we loveDigo ""nuestro perro"" porque lo que amamos
we consider our propertylo consideramos nuestra propiedad
and he belonged to the children and to old Pabloy era de los niños y del viejo Pablo
whom he rescued from his loneliness.a quien rescataba de su soledad.

He was a street dog and he was the characterEra un callejero y era el personaje
of the open door in any homede la puerta abierta en cualquier hogar
and he was in our neighborhood like part of the landscape,y era en nuestro barrio como del paisaje,
the night watchman, the priest, and all the others.el sereno, el cura y todos los demás.

He was the street dog of beautiful thingsEra el callejero de las cosas bellas
and he left with them when he left;y se fue con ellas cuando se marchó;
he drank up all the stars in one gulp,se bebió de golpe todas las estrellas,
fell asleep and never woke up.se quedó dormido y ya no despertó.

He left us the space as a testament,Nos dejó el espacio como testamento,
full of nostalgia, full of emotion.lleno de nostalgia, lleno de emoción.
His memory wanders through our feelingsVaga su recuerdo por los sentimientos
to pour them out in this song.para derramarlos en esta canción.