Las Cruces de Tijuana

The Crosses of Tijuana

Las Cruces de Tijuana

The crosses I saw in TijuanaLas cruces que vi en Tijuana
Made me rememberMe hicieron recordar
The crosses that nobody putLas cruces que nadie puso
Between Ceuta and GibraltarEntre Ceuta y Gibraltar
That dreams disappearQue los sueños desaparecen
Upon reaching the borderAl llegar a la frontera
How eternal can beLo eterna que puede ser
Such a small viewUna vista tan pequeña

The flowers I saw in TijuanaLas flores que vi en Tijuana
Made me rememberMe hicieron recordar
That black carnations floatQue flotan claveles negros
In front of the Port of TarifaFrente al Puerto de Tarifa
How little is the differenceQue poca es la diferencia
Between hope and sadnessEntre esperanza y tristreza
How long is the roadLo largo que es el camino
Between your house and mineEntre tu casa y la mía

If I ever go back to TijuanaSi algún día vuelvo a Tijuana
I would like to findMe gustaría encontrar
A song that remindsUna rola que recuerde
That there was a border thereQue allí hubo una frontera
That black carnations don't floatQue no flotan claveles negros
In front of the Port of TarifaFrente al Puerto de Tarifa
That the current calmed downQue se calmó la corriente
Between Ceuta and GibraltarEntre Ceuta y Gibraltar

The lights I saw in TijuanaLas luces que vi en Tijuana
Made me rememberMe hicieron recordar
How far dreams areLo lejos que están los sueños
From their own realityDe su propia realidad
That only birds crossQue solo los pajaros cruzan
Without getting wet at the borderSin mojarse la frontera
That for the wind, there areQue para el viento no existen
No passports or fencesNi pasaportes ni cercas

If I ever go back to TijuanaSi algún día vuelvo a Tijuana
I would like to findMe gustaría encontrar
A song that remindsUna rola que recuerde
That there was a border thereQue allí hubo una frontera
That black carnations don't floatQue no flotan claveles negros
In front of the Port of TarifaFrente al Puerto de Tarifa
That a bridge has been builtQue se ha construido un puente
Between Ceuta and GibraltarEntre Ceuta y Gibraltar

The crosses I saw on the wallLas cruces que vi en el muro
Made me rememberMe hicieron recordar