Percal

Cotton

Percal

Cotton...Percal...
Do you remember the cotton?¿Te acuerdas del percal?
You were fifteen years old,Tenias quince abriles,
Longing to suffer and love,Anhelos de sufrir y amar,
To go downtown, succeedDe ir al centro, triunfar
And forget the cotton.Y olvidar el percal.
Cotton...Percal...
The path of cotton,Camino del percal,
You left your home...Te fuiste de tu casa...
Maybe we got it wrong.Tal vez nos enteramos mal.
All I know is that in the endSolo se que al final
You forgot the cotton.Te olvidaste el percal.

Youth has gone...La juventud se fue...
Your home is no longer there...Tu casa ya no está...
And in the past thrown awayY en el ayer tirados
Have remainedSe han quedado
CowedAcobardados
Your cotton and my past.Tu percal y mi pasado.
Youth has gone...La juventud se fue...
I no longer expect...Yo ya no espero más...
Better to leave lostMejor dejar perdidos
The longings that have not beenLos anhelos que no han sido
And the cotton dress.Y el vestido de percal.

Cry...Llorar...
Why are you going to cry?...¿Por qué vas a llorar?...
Haven't you lived,¿Acaso no has vivido,
Haven't you learned to love,Acaso no aprendiste a amar,
To suffer, to wait,A sufrir, a esperar,
And also to be silent?Y también a callar?
Cotton...Percal...
These are cotton things...Son cosas del percal...
Knowing that you are sufferingSaber que estás sufriendo
Knowing that you will suffer even moreSaber que sufrirás aún más
And knowing that in the endY saber que al final
You didn't forget the cotton.No olvidaste el percal.
Cotton...Percal...
Sadness of cotton.Tristezas del percal.