Solo Fuimos

We Were Only

Solo Fuimos

We were in time a chimeraFuimos en el tiempo una quimera
a raft without a shoreuna balsa sin ribera
and a destiny without tomorrow.y un destino sin mañana.

Portrait aging in the atticRetrato que envejece en el altillo
a star without its shineun lucero sin su brillo
and a dying every week.y un morir cada semana.

Window through which summer enteredVentana por la que entraba el verano
it slips away from my handse me escapa entre la mano
and takes our laughtery se lleva nuestra risa
and we were a traveler without returny fuimos caminante sin retorno
and in the fireplace adorned with wings of ashy en la chimenea adorno con las alas de ceniza
without seeing that it was the appointed timesin ver que era la hora señalada
the express train was leaving and I couldn't hold you back.el expreso se marchaba y no pude retenerte.

You returned to my platform and I was autumnVolviste a mi andén y yo era otoño
you withered my offspring at the time of your departuremarchitaste mi retoño al tiempo de tu partida
Where did all our dreams go,¿Adónde fueron todos nuestros sueños,
where our yearnings, our yearnings and anxieties?adónde nuestras ansias, nuestras ansias y desvelos?
Two shadows without contour in timeDos sombras sin contorno en el tiempo
a fading in the silence my love we were only.un borrarse en el silencio vida mía solo fuimos.