Golondrinas

Swallows

Golondrinas

Leaving the MetropolAl salir del Metropol
We went to a barIbamos a un bar
To talk like grown-upsPara hablar como mayores
About the futureDel futuro

It was a calm topic, no rushEra un tema manso,sin apuros
And the future, vast, why rushY el futuro, enorme, a que apurar
Why rush?A que apurar?

There, happily, we let ourselves beAlli,dichosos, nos dejabamos estar
Everything was clear, easy, safeTodo era diáfano fácil,seguro
When in her poetic and pure universeCuando en su universo
The waiter arrivedPoético y puro, llegaba el mozo
What will you have?Que van a tomar?
And what will you have?Y que van a tomar?

Then we looked at him sidewaysEntonces lo mirábamos de medio lado
With the disdain of dreamersCon el desdén de los soñadores
And with the 'me, a tea', barely murmuredY con el "yo, un té", apenas murmurado
She went back to hanging colorful curtainsElla volvía a colgar cortinas de colores
And on the wall of a shaded courtyardY en la pared de un patio sombreado

Plaster swallows and other delightsGolondrinas de yeso y otros primores
Plaster swallows and other delightsGolondrinas de yeso y otros primores
Plaster swallows and other delightsGolondrinas de yeso y otros primores

Leaving the Metropol, we went to a barAl salir del Metropol, ibamos a un bar
There happily we let ourselves beAlli dichosos nos dejabamos estar
Everything was clear, easy, safeTodo era diáfano, fácil, seguro
When in her poetic and pure universeCuando en su universo
The waiter arrivedPoético y puro, llegaba el mozo
What will you have?Que van a tomar?