Balada Del Alba

Dawn Ballad

Balada Del Alba

There's a dawn in Buenos AiresHay un alba en Buenos Aires
And in the dawn, you and IY en el alba vos y yo
There are brooms and signsHay escobas y carteles
There's a cat on a balconyHay un gato en un balcón

A truck full of newspapersUn camión lleno de diarios
Runs over the cityAtropella la ciudad
There are those who come from the nightHay quien viene de la noche
And there are those who go under the yokeY hay quien al yugo se va

There are a hundred pesos from the old onesHay cien mangos de los viejos
With yours, there are a hundred moreCon los tuyos hay cien más
Two hundred pesos of dreamsDoscientos mangos de sueños
And our desire to loveY nuestras ganas de amar

I tell you the storyYo te cuento la novela
Of my great-grandmother and that policemanDe mi bisabuela y el gendarme aquel
There's a dawn in your smileHay un alba en tu sonrisa
And in the kiss you hideY en el beso que escondés

And you go with me and I go with youY vas conmigo y voy con vos
And through the dawn, we both goY por el alba vamos los dos

There's a waiter yawningHay un mozo que bosteza
There's an old man in a cornerHay un viejo en un rincón
A coin on the tableUna moneda en la mesa
From a poet who flewDe un poeta que voló

You ask for a submarine sandwichVos pedís un submarino
I ask for a destiny next to my coffeeYo pido un destino junto a mi café
There's a dawn in Buenos AiresHay un alba en Buenos Aires
And in the dawn, you love meY en el alba me querés

And you go with me and I go with youY vas conmigo y voy con vos
And through the dawn, we both goY por el alba vamos los dos