Sopa de letras

Word Soup

Sopa de letras

Through a foggy glass,A través de un vidrio empañado,
An incessant parade of memories,Un desfile incesante de recuerdos,
The transformed imageLa imagen transformada
Of a friend from other timesDe un amigo de otros tiempos
Suffocated with his armpitAsfixiaba con su axila
Four books,Cuatro libros,
Four wise thoughts.Cuatro sabios pensamientos.
At the stop of the 5En la parada del 5
We asked him: 'where are you going?'Le preguntamos: "¿dónde vas?"
'To downtown,' he replied"al centro" nos respondió
and he never returnedy el que nunca más volvió
the neighborhood is waiting for him.el barrio lo está esperando.

He spent all his salary on booksGastó todo el sueldo en libros
What a way to waste moneyQué manera de tirar la plata
He seemed confusedSe lo veía confundido
And his head felt heavyY la cabeza le pesaba
And the spoon was agonizingY la cuchara agonizaba
In a word soup.En una sopa de letras.

His friends turned out to be simpleSus amigos resultaron simples
He left the neighborhood, went to downtownDejó el barrio, se fue pa´ el centro
Ended up among intellectualsFue a parar entre intelectuales
And snobbish mystifiersY snobistas mistificadores
And the spoon was agonizingY la cuchara agonizaba
In a word soup.En una sopa de letras.

Every night on CorrientesTodas las noches en Corrientes
At La Paz or La GiraldaEn La Paz o en La Giralda
Chatting about abstract thingsChamuyando de cosas abstractas
With convoluted wordsCon palabras rebuscadas
And the spoon was agonizingY la cuchara agonizaba
In a word soup.En una sopa de letras.

He started wearing glasses,Empezó a usar anteojos,
His eyes didn't see wellSus ojos no veían bien
So conceited, the know-it-allTan presumido el sabelotodo
That he couldn't understandQue no pudo comprender
And the spoon was dyingY la cuchara se moría
In a word soup.En una sopa de letras.

Come back to the neighborhood, on the 5Volvé al barrio, en el 5
Because the neighborhood is nicerPorque el barrio es más lindo
Come back to the neighborhood, on the 5Volvé al barrio, en el 5
Come back to the neighborhood...Volvé al barrio...