Cantares

Songs

Cantares

Everything passes and everything remainsTodo pasa y todo queda
But what is ours is to passPero lo nuestro es pasar
To pass making a pathPasar haciendo camino
A path over the seaCamino sobre la mar
I never pursued gloryNunca perseguí la gloria
And to leave the memoryY dejar la memoria
Of men my songDe los hombres mi canción
I love subtle worldsYo amo los mundos sutiles
Weightless and gentleUngravidos y gentiles
Like soap bubblesComo pompas de jabón
I like to see them paint themselvesMe gusta verlos pintarse
Blue and crimson as they flyDe azul y grana al volar
Trembling under the blue skyBajo el cielo azul temblar
Suddenly and breakingSúbitamente y quebrarse
I never pursued gloryNunca perseguí la gloria
Traveler, your footprints areCaminante son tus huellas
The path and nothing moreDel camino y nada mas
As you walk, you make the pathAl andar se hace el camino
And upon looking backY al volver la vista atras
You see the path that will never be stepped on againSe ve la senda que nunca se ha de volver a pisar
Traveler, there is no pathCaminante no hay camino
The path is made by walkingSe hace camino al andar
Some time ago in that placeHace algún tiempo en ese lugar
Where the forests dress in thornsDonde los bosques se visten de espino
The voice of a poet was heard shoutingSe oyó la voz de un poeta gritar
Traveler, there is no pathCaminante no hay camino
The path is made by walkingSe hace camino al andar
Blow by blow, verse by verseGolpe a golpe verso a verso
The poet died far from homeMurió el poeta lejos del hogar
Covered by the dust of a neighboring countryLe cubre el polvo de un pais vecino
As he walked away, they saw him cryAl alejarse le vieron llorar
Traveler, there is no pathCaminante no hay camino
The path is made by walkingSe hace camino al andar
Blow by blow, verse by verseGolpe a golpe, verso a verso
When the nightingale doesn't want to singCuando el jilgero no quiere cantar
When the poet is a pilgrimCuando el poeta es un peregrino
When praying is of no useCuando de nada nos sirve rezar
Traveler, there is no pathCaminante no hay camino
The path is made by walkingSe hace camino al andar
And blow by blow, verse by verse (x3)Y golpe a golpe, verso a verso (x3)