Vieja Recova

Old Market

Vieja Recova

The other night as I was walking like a drunkard,La otra noche mientras iba caminando como un curda,
step by step, alone and sad, walking the sidewalk,tranco a tranco, solo y triste, recorriendo el veredón,
I felt the edge of a sorrow that on the left sidesentí el filo de una pena que en el lado de la "zurda"
insisted treacherously on cutting my heart.se empeñaba traicionera por tajear mi corazón.
Among pitiful rags a poor beggar womanEntre harapos lamentables una pobre limosnera
sobbing her misfortune approached me,sollozando su desgracia a mi lado se acercó,
and as I threw her some coins the old beggar womany al tirarle unas monedas a la vieja pordiosera
covered her ashamed face with her hands.vi que el rostro avergonzado con las manos se tapó.

I have seen her when young weaving fantasiesYo la he visto cuando mozo ir tejiendo fantasías
with her dreams of high flight and champagne nights.con sus sueños de alto vuelo y sus noches de champán.
Poor thing! who would have thought about the endings of her days¡Pobrecita! quien pensara los finales de sus días
and the shameful tragic alms they give her today.y en la trágica limosna vergonzante que hoy le dan.
I walked away, Old Market, from her side, can you imagine,Me alejé, Vieja Recova, de su lado, ¡te imaginas,
from the friend of other times, what pain I felt!de la amiga de otros tiempos, qué dolor llegué a sentir!
What was once greatness today showed only ruins,Lo que ayer fuera grandeza hoy mostraba sólo ruinas,
and some stubborn tears I couldn't deny.y unas lágrimas porfiadas no las pude desmentir.

Old Market,Vieja Recova,
corner of her liferinconada de su vidas
I found her alone and lostla encontré sola y perdida
like a fatal sample.como una muestra fatal.
Bad luckLa mala suerte
played her a tough card,le jugó una carta brava,
the tables turned on her,se le dio vuelta la taba,
old age defeated her.la vejez la derrotó.
Old Market, if you could see how much pain!¡Vieja Recova, si vieras cuánto dolor!