Si Se Callase El Ruido

If the Noise Were to Stop

Si Se Callase El Ruido

This endless din won't let you sleepNo te dejará dormir este estrépito infinito
trying to fill the days with darkness and enemiesque intenta llenar los días de tinieblas y enemigos.
A thunderous pack insists on silencingUna estruendosa jauría se empeña en hacer callar
the questions, the nuances, the whisper of hopefullylas preguntas, los matices, el murmullo de ojalás.

Noise of patriots wrapping themselves in flagsRuido de patriotas que se envuelven en banderas,
confusing the homeland with the sordidness of their cavesconfunden la patria con la sordidez de sus cavernas.
Noise of converts who, fallen from the horseRuido de conversos que, caídos del caballo,
sow their resentment pursued by their sinssiembran su rencor perseguidos por sus pecados.

If the noise were to stopSi se callase el ruido
you would hear the rain falloirías la lluvia caer
cleansing the city of ghostslimpiando la ciudad de espectros,
I would hear you speak in dreamste oiría hablar en sueños
and I would open the windowsy abriría las ventanas.
If the noise were to stopSi se callase el ruido
maybe we could talkquizá podríamos hablar
and blow on the woundsy soplar sobre las heridas,
maybe you would understandquizás entenderías
that hope remainsque nos queda la esperanza.

Noise of the enlightened, shouting from their bonfiresRuido de iluminados, gritan desde sus hogueras
that the end of the world is brought by the light of differenceque trae el fin del mundo la luz de la diferencia.
Noise of inquisitors, they speak to us of freedomsRuido de inquisidores, nos hablan de libertades
cracking with their shouts their varnish of toleranceagrietando con sus gritos su barniz de tolerantes.

Never does so much noise of warriors tread the battleNunca pisa la batalla tanto ruido de guerreros,
they bring from their battlements the peace of cemeteriestraen de sus almenas la paz de los cementerios.
Tell me about your hugs, about our imperfect loveHáblame de tus abrazos, de nuestro amor imperfecto,
about the light of your utopia, let your voice drown out this dinde la luz de tu utopía, que tu voz tape este estruendo.

If the noise were to stopSi se callase el ruido
you would hear the rain falloirías la lluvia caer
cleansing the city of ghostslimpiando la ciudad de espectros,
I would hear you speak in dreamste oiría hablar en sueños
and I would open the windowsy abriría las ventanas.
If the noise were to stopSi se callase el ruido
maybe we could talkquizá podríamos hablar
and blow on the woundsy soplar sobre las heridas,
maybe you would understandquizás entenderías
that hope remainsque nos queda la esperanza.

If the noise were to stopSi se callase el ruido
you would hear the rain falloirías la lluvia caer
cleansing the city of ghostslimpiando la ciudad de espectros,
I would hear you speak in dreamste oiría hablar en sueños
and I would open the windowsy abriría las ventanas.
If the noise were to stopSi se callase el ruido
maybe we could talkquizá podríamos hablar
and blow on the woundsy soplar sobre las heridas,
maybe you would understandquizás entenderías
that hope remainsque nos queda la esperanza.

If the noise were to stopSi se callase el ruido
you would hear the rain falloirías la lluvia caer
cleansing the city of ghostslimpiando la ciudad de espectros,
I would hear you speak in dreamste oiría hablar en sueños
and I would open the windowsy abriría las ventanas.
If the noise were to stopSi se callase el ruido
maybe we could talkquizá podríamos hablar
and blow on the woundsy soplar sobre las heridas,
maybe you would understandquizás entenderías
that hope remainsque nos queda la esperanza.

If the noise were to stopSi se callase el ruido
you would hear the rain falloirías la lluvia caer
cleansing the city of ghostslimpiando la ciudad de espectros,
I would hear you speak in dreamste oiría hablar en sueños
and I would open the windows...y abriría las ventanas...