Amores Imposibles

Impossible Loves

Amores Imposibles

When the evening falls, you will see him leaveCuando caiga la tarde, lo verás salir
Dragging the warmth of home from the houseArrastrando de casa el calor del hogar
He will cut some flowers, kiss his wifeCortará alguna flor, besará a su mujer
He will chase the trail of a shooting starPerseguirá la estela de un cometa fugaz
And on the street you will see him reveal the flower of his secretY en la calle lo verás abrir la flor de su secreto
And he will start to dreamY empezará a soñar
Maybe he'll go to the pool hall to watch men and posesQuizá vaya al billar a mirar hombres y posturitas
Maybe he'll invent a dateQuizá invente una cita
With an Adonis for himselfCon un Adonis para él

No man loved himNingún hombre lo amó
He revealed his passion and games to no oneA nadie reveló su pasión y los juegos
The clandestine desireEl deseo clandestino
There were no love lettersNo hubo cartas de amor
There was no pride dayNo hubo día del orgullo
The lost summers will not be returned to himNo le devolverán los veranos perdidos
And Cernuda sees him sigh, sad, from ParnassusY Cernuda lo ve suspirar, triste, desde el Parnaso
Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows prays for your sinsSan Sebastián asaetado reza por tus pecados
He cries for you, he doesn't forgetLlora por ti, no olvida
The one who suffers in silenceAl que sufre en silencio
His lost sheepA su oveja perdida

They look at the sky and make a wishMiran al cielo y piden un deseo
With you, the most beautiful nightContigo la noche más bella
Impossible lovesAmores imposibles
That write in songsQue escriben en canciones
The stroke of a starEl trazo de una estrella
Letters that are never sentCartas que nunca se envían
Bottles that shineBotellas que brillan
In the sea of oblivionEn el mar del olvido
Never stop looking for meNunca dejes de buscarme
The most cowardly excuseLa excusa más cobarde
Is to blame fateEs culpar al destino
Is to blame fateEs culpar al destino

When he leaves class, he will meet him againCuando salga de clase, lo volverá a encontrar
On the wild side, behind the hash smokeEn el lado salvaje, tras el humo del hash
He, sweet skull, he, neighborhood corsairÉl, dulce calavera, él, corsario de barrio
She, sweet doll, she, serious and formalElla, dulce muñeca, ella, seria y formal
He doesn't hear the rustle of her wings if she passes by his sideÉl no escucha el rumor de sus alas si pasa a su lado
Poor Snow WhitePobre Blancanieves
Our prince prefers the stepmotherNuestro príncipe prefiere a la madrastra
The villain of the storyA la mala del cuento
He will be the appleÉl será la manzana
Where the poison sleepsDonde duerme el veneno

She will dream a verse he will never hearElla soñará un verso que él nunca escuchará
He won't climb her braids on a winter nightÉl no trepará sus trenzas una noche de invierno
She will dream of a journey and there will be no goodbyesElla soñará un viaje y no habrá despedidas
No love songs, no Capulet and MontagueNi canciones de amor, ni Capuleto y Montesco
They will grow and in the foam of timeCrecerán y en la espuma del tiempo
Their dreams will dissolveSe deshacen sus sueños
Not a single memory will remainNo quedará ni un recuerdo
Nor a lament in the nightNi en la noche un lamento
Maybe a slight woundQuizá una leve herida
That will be washed away by oblivionQue lavará el olvido
Or the water of the hourglassO el agua de la clepsidra

They look at the sky and make a wishMiran al cielo y piden un deseo
With you, the most beautiful nightContigo la noche más bella
Impossible lovesAmores imposibles
That write in songsQue escriben en canciones
The stroke of a starEl trazo de una estrella
Letters that are never sentCartas que nunca se envían
Bottles that shineBotellas que brillan
In the sea of oblivionEn el mar del olvido
Never stop looking for meNunca dejes de buscarme
The most cowardly excuseLa excusa más cobarde
Is to blame fateEs culpar al destino
Is to blame fateEs culpar al destino

Walking south, taking the highwayCaminando hacia el sur, tomando la autopista
They have opened a bar, very close to the villageHan abierto un garito, muy cerquita del pueblo
Where naked houris from a hundred worldsDonde huríes desnudas venidas de cien mundos
Celebrate every night on February fourteenthCelebran cada noche catorce de febrero
And in the village a man sighs if the neon lights upY en la aldea un hombre suspira si el neón se ilumina
Eve didn't have this AdamNo tuvo Eva este Adán
There was no back seatNo hubo asiento de atrás
No caresses, no scented lettersNi caricias, ni cartas perfumadas
There was no date in the parkNo hubo cita en el parque
There were no Plan girlsNo hubo chicas de Plan

When night falls, you will see him enterCuando caiga la noche lo verás entrar
Like every Sunday, neat and punctualComo cada domingo aseado y puntual
He will find her at the bar, like a stranded dolphinLa encontrará en la barra, como a un delfín varado
Who has lost her star, which the sea once expelledQue ha perdido su estrella, que un día expulsó el mar
She listens and he, in love, exposes his fearsElla escucha y él, enamorado, desnuda sus miedos
Amidst the noise, champagne bottlesEntre el ruido, benjamines de champán
And other dolphins collecting their ransomY otros delfines cobrando su rescate
For lost castawaysA náufragos perdidos
He dreams of kidnapping his loverSueña raptar a su amante

They look at the sky and make a wishMiran al cielo y piden un deseo
With you, the most beautiful nightContigo la noche más bella
Impossible lovesAmores imposibles
That write in songsQue escriben en canciones
The stroke of a starEl trazo de una estrella
Letters that are never sentCartas que nunca se envían
Bottles that shineBotellas que brillan
In the sea of oblivionEn el mar del olvido
Never stop looking for meNunca dejes de buscarme
The most cowardly excuseLa excusa más cobarde
Is to blame fateEs culpar al destino
Is to blame fateEs culpar al destino