El Hombre Que Siempre Estuvo Ali

The Man Who Was Always There

El Hombre Que Siempre Estuvo Ali

It's a story I wrote about someone,Es una historia que escribi sobre alguien,
from whom I learned the true value of the most precious treasure I have,de quien aprendi el verdadero valor del tesoro mas preciado que poseo,
my treasure of being alive.mi tesoro de estar vivo.
This one's for my buddy Mario,Esta va por mi colega Mario,
a tribute to his memory and his life,un homenaje a su memoria y a su vida,
a man anonymous like so many others,un hombre anomino como otros tantos,
you'll see him pass by the next avenue.lo veras pasar por la proxima avenida.

That June afternoon under a suffocating sun,Aquella tarde en Junio hacia un sol asfixiante,
I was walking alone and distant, nothing interesting,andaba solo y distante,nada interesante,
suddenly I saw that lost man without direction,de repente vi aquel hombre perdido y sin direccion,
a solitary spirit aided by a cane.espiritu solitario ayudado por un baston.
Excuse me, I'm blind and I think I'm lost,Perdona soy ciego y creo que me he perdido,
relax, friend, I said, tell me where you're going and I'll go with you,tranquilo amigo,le dije,dime adonde vas que voy contigo,
he was friendly as if in a game,se mostraba amable como en un juego,
I remember he told me a good joke about a blind man.recuerdo que me conto un buen chiste sobre un hombre ciego.
He caught me on the way and I accompanied him to his neighborhood,Me pillo de camino y le acompañe a su barrio,
my name is Mario, I go down your street daily,me llamo Mario,voy por tu calle a diario,
I work nearby, my brother brings me on his motorcycle,trabajo por aqui cerca,mi hermano me trae en su moto,
to the ONCE building there on Federico Soto.al edificio de la ONCE ahi en Federico Soto.
Our encounter led to another, friendship arose early,Nuestro encuentro llevo a otro,la amistad surgio temprano,
we met some afternoons of that warm summer,quedamos algunas tardes de aquel calido verano,
between coffees and conversations he told me about his wife and daughters,entre cafes y tertulias me hablo de su esposa hijas,
he described them, smiled, and kissed his ring.las describia,sonreia y besaba su sortija.
He said that at the age of Jesus on the cross,Dijo que con la edad de Jesucristo en la cruz,
he felt his sight dissipate but never his restlessness,sintio disipar su vista pero jamas su inquietud,
his guidance a lesson, his humor a blessing,su orientacion una leccion,su humor una bendicion,
the erotic Sharon Stone shines in his imagination.la erotica Sharon Stone luce en su imaginacion.
In another dimension due to a strange illness,Dentro de otra dimension por una enfermedad extraña,
he played his cards and now he manages without more,jugo sus cartas y hoy sin mas se las apaña,
without the luck of others, the fear that harms him the most,sin la suerte de otros,el temor que mas le daña,
having forgotten the faces of those who accompany him.haber olvidado el rostro de aquellos que le acompañan.
Mario, an anonymous superhero that no one looks at,Mario superheroe anonimo al que nadie mira,
people cross his path and avoid him to not bother,la gente cruza su paso y por no molestar le esquivan,
he will walk confidently until his soul is complete,caminara seguro hasta que su alma se complete,
you'll see him grazing and you'll realize that.le veras pastar y caeras en la cuenta de que.

That's how life teaches,Asi es como la vida enseña,
I look at my problems, look at your problems, which soul is big, which small?,miro mis problemas,mira tus problemas,que alma es grande,¿cual pequeña?,
destiny uses the strangest ways,el destino utiliza las maneras mas extrañas,
it grants us a future but then deceives us.nos concede un futuro pero luego nos engaña.
When you least expect it, something can happen to you,Cuando menos lo esperas puede sucederte algo,
alter your course, change your actions,truncar tu rumbo,cambiar tus actos,
the art of adapting and living, a lesson I learned,el arte de adaptarte y vivir,una leccion que aprendi,
when I met the man who was always there. (x2)cuando conoci al hombre que siempre estuvo alli.(x2)