Volverán Las Oscuras Golondrinas
Volverán las oscuras golondrinas
En tu balcón sus nidos a colgar
Y otra vez, con el ala en tus cristales,
Jugando llamarán.
Pero aquellas que el vuelo refrenaban
La hermosura y la dicha contemplar,
Aquellas que aprendieron nuestros nombres,
Esas no volverán.
Esas no volverán.
Esas no volverán.
Esas no volverán .
Volverán las tupidas madreselvas
De tu jardín, las tapias a escalar
Y otra vez a la tarde aún más hermosas
Sus flores abrirán.
Pero aquellas cuajadas de rocío
Cuyas gotas mirábamos temblar
Y caer como lágrimas del día
Esas no volverán.
Esas no volverán.
Esas no volverán.
Esas no volverán .
Esas no volverán
Esas no volverán
Esas no
Volverán del amor en tus oídos
Las palabras ardientes a sonar.
Tu corazón de su profundo sueño
Tal vez despertará.
Pero muda y absorta y de rodillas,
Como se adora a dios ante su altar,
Como yo te he querido desengáñate,
Así no te querrán.
Así no te querrán.
Así no te querrán.
Así no te querrán.
Esas no volverán.
Esas no volverán.
Esas no volverán.
The Dark Swallows Will Return
The dark swallows will return
To hang their nests on your balcony
And once again, with their wings on your windows,
Playfully they will call.
But those that refrained from flying
To contemplate beauty and happiness,
Those that learned our names,
Those will not return.
Those will not return.
Those will not return.
Those will not return.
The dense honeysuckles will return
To climb the walls of your garden
And once again in the evening, even more beautiful,
Their flowers will bloom.
But those filled with dew
Whose drops we watched tremble
And fall like tears of the day,
Those will not return.
Those will not return.
Those will not return.
Those will not return.
Those will not return
Those will not return
Those will not
The burning words of love
Will not sound in your ears again.
Your heart from its deep sleep
Might awaken.
But silent and absorbed and on your knees,
As one adores God before His altar,
As I have loved you, disillusion yourself,
They will not love you like that.
They will not love you like that.
They will not love you like that.
They will not love you like that.
Those will not return.
Those will not return.
Those will not return.