Yuyo Verde

Green Weed

Yuyo Verde

Alley...alley...Callejon...callejon...
Distant, distant...Lejano, lejano...
We were lost hand in hand,Ibamos perdidos de la mano,
Under a summer sky,Bajo un cielo de verano,
Dreaming in vain...Soñando en vano...
A streetlight, a gate,Un farol, un porton,
Just like in a tango,Igual que en un tango,
And both of us lost hand in hand,Y los dos perdidos de la mano,
Under the summer skyBajo el cielo de verano
That departed.Que partio.

Let me cry bitterlyDejame que llore crudamente
With the old tears of goodbye.Con el llanto viejo del adios.
Where the alley disappearsEn donde el callejon se pierde
This green weed sproutedBroto este yuyo verde
Of forgiveness.Del perdon.
Let me cry and remember you,Dejame que llore y te recuerde,
Braids that tie me to the gate;Trenzas que me anudan al porton;
From your country, there's no returnDe tu pais ya no se vuelve
Not even with the green weedNi con el yuyo verde
Of forgiveness.Del perdon.

Where have you gone?Adonde te has ido?
Where are you...where are you...Donde estas...donde estas...
Where are the feathers of my nest,Donde estan las plumas de mi nido,
The emotion of having livedLa emoción de haber vivido
And that affection...Y aquel cariño...
A streetlight, a gate,Un farol, un porton,
Just like in a tango,Igual que en un tango,
And this crying of mine in my handsY este llanto mio entre mis manos
And this summer skyY este cielo de verano
That departed.Que partio.