La Muerte Con Anteojos

Death with Glasses

La Muerte Con Anteojos

Every night with meTodas las noches conmigo
A dead man goes to sleepSe acuesta a dormir un muerto
Even though he's alive and awake;Aunque esté vivo y despierto;
Confused is what I tell you,Confuso es lo que les digo,
That it's a shroud, friend,Que es una mortaja, amigo,
That feeds on fennel,Que se alimenta de hinojo,
Then washes his eyesDespués se lava los ojos
To rest in the gravePa' reposar en la tumba
And next to me collapsesY a mi lado se derrumba
This deceased man with glasses.Este finado de anteojos.

He escaped from the cemeterySe arrancó del cementerio
With a crown on his head;Con una corona puesta;
An unfaithful womanUna mujer deshonesta
Made him lose his mind,Le hizo perder el criterio,
This is no mystery to anyone,Esto pa' naide' es misterio,
I say it with bitternessLo digo con amargura
Even though I have goodness,Aunque yo tenga buenura,
The dead man cares littleAl muerto poco le importa
And as this life is shortY como esta vida es corta
He walks with such madness.Anda con tanta locura.

What good is comfort to him,De qué le sirve el consuelo,
Such a skeleton is death;Tal esqueleto es la muerte;
What good is luck to meDe qué me sirve la suerte
If it causes me so much distress,Si me da tanto desvelo,
It's making me wary,Me está causando recelo,
The cold has him silentEl frío lo tiene mudo
But I respond to his callPero a su llamado acudo
Because that will be his fatePorque así será el destino
This cunning deceasedEste finado ladino
Wanted to be mine and couldn't.Quiso ser mío y no pudo.

I must be very fatefulDebo de ser muy fatal
To come from San ClementePa' venir de san clemente
To try in vainA probar inútilmente
The bitterness of this beehive;Lo amargo de este panal;
All the salt is littleEs poca toda la sal
In the Chilean pampaQue hay en la pampa de chile
To heal the hundred thousandPa' curarle las cien miles
Anguishes that were leftAngustias que le dejaron
By coquettes who humiliated himCoquetas que lo humillaron
Leaving him without years.Dejándolo sin abriles.

Finally, kind listeners,Por fin, amables oyentes,
I ask you with devotion:Les pido con devoción:
Let's say a prayerRecemos una oración
For this living dead man,Por este muerto viviente,
He's an intelligent deceasedEs finado inteligente
That's why I esteem him,Por eso es que yo lo estimo,
I approach his deathA su muerte yo me arrimo
With hope and faithCon esperanza y con fe
But what to do I don't know,Pero qué hacer yo no sé,
And if I do, I don't dare.Y si lo sé no me animo.