Temblando

Shaking

Temblando

The afternoon was lovely when I saw herLinda estaba la tarde que la vide
Tidying up the backyard of her ranchEl patio de su rancho acomodando
And even though I felt tough as nailsY aunque guapo pa´ todo me sentía
I couldn't speak to her and I was left shakingNo pude hablarle y me quedé temblando

She looked like I had never seen her beforeEstaba como nunca la había visto
Dressed lightly in casual clothesVestido livianito de zaraza
With her hair falling over her shouldersCon el pelo volcao sobre los hombros
She was a vision I found in the houseEra una virgen que encontré en la casa

Neither she nor I said a wordNi ella ni yo, ninguno dijo nada
With her big eyes, she kept burning meCon sus ojazos me siguió quemando
She dropped the broom she had in her handDejó la escoba que tenía en la mano
She tried to speak to me and was left shakingMe quiso hablar y se quedó temblando

It was the memory of first loveEra el recuerdo del amor primero
Love born in our early ageAmor nacido en nuestra edad temprana
Like those rustic flowers from the fieldComo esas flores rústicas del campo
That bloom overnightQue nacen de la noche a la mañana

Love hidden in the adobe wallsAmor que está oculto en los adobes
Of her simple paternal ranchDe su rancho paterno tan sencillo
And in the bark of the patio ombu treeY en la corteza del ombú del patio
Written with the tip of a knifeEscrito con la punta del cuchillo

I turned around, stepping cautiouslyMe dí vuelta pisando dispacito
Like someone wary of a trapComo quien desconfía de una trampa
Wrapping memories and emotionsEnvolviendo recuerdos y emociones
Among the stripes of my ponchoEntre las listas de mi poncho pampa

I don't know what came over me, I mounted my horseNo sé que me pasó monté a caballo
And rode off at full gallopY salí galopiando a rienda suelta
With all the memories and emotionsCon todos los recuerdos y emociones
That I had wrapped in the poncho's stripesQue en las listas del poncho saqué envueltas

The afternoon was lovely when I saw herLinda estaba la tarde que la vide
Tidying up the backyard of her ranchEl patio de su rancho acomodando
The afternoon when even though I felt toughLa tarde que aunque guapo me sentía
I couldn't speak to her and I was left shakingNo pude hablarle y me quedé temblando