Soñando Contigo

Dreaming of You

Soñando Contigo

I dreamt of Robinsons and palm treesSoñe con Robinsones y palmeras
with treasure islands and skullscon islas del tesoro y calaveras
with pirate ships.con barcos de piratas.
I had a wooden saber back thenTenia entonces un sable de madera
and a top-notch teamy un equipo de primera
made up of tin caps.formado con tapones de hojalata.

I dreamt later of being a sailorSoñe despues con ser un marinero
cutting the sea in half with my sailboatcortar en dos el mar con mi velero
and ten cannons on board.y por banda diez cañones.
I had in my mind a whole text by AlbertiTenia en mi mente de Alberti un texto entero
a beach and a skyuna playa y un cielo
and halfway through Quiñones' Cantueso.y a medias el Cantueso de Quiñones.

I dreamt of being a heavenly singerSoñe ser cantaor de celestiales
captivating Cibelesenamorar a la Cibeles
like Cantamañanas knows how to do.como sabe hacer el Cantamañanas.
I had a dreamy guitarTenia una guitarra soñadora
asleep in a roomdormida en una alcoba
at the Triana Inn.de la Pension Triana.

The treasure I was looking forEl tesoro que buscaba
I knew it wasyo sabia que estaba
hidden in one of those versesen uno de esos versos escondido
and when I had you by my sidey cuando te tuve a mi lado
I realized that I had spentcomprendi que habia pasado
my whole life dreaming of you.la vida entera soñando contigo.

My world turned black and whiteMi mundo se tornaba blanco y negro
when with a bowler hat, in front of the mirrorcuando con un bombin, frente al espejo
I imitated Chaplin.imitaba a Candilejas.
I remember that Mediterranean blueRecuerdo aquel azul mediterraneo
a verdial on my lipsun verdial en mis labios
the devotion of each spring.la devocion de cada privamera.

Suddenly I would improvise a stageDe pronto improvisaba un escenario
where I would drive the neighborhood crazydonde volvia loco al vecindario
going night and day.cantando noche y dia.
I longed, flipping through the calendarAnsiaba deshojando el calendario
to experience the miracles of Maylos milagros de Mayo
and the summers of fantasy.y los veranos de la fantasia.

I dreamt of being a heavenly singerSoñe ser cantaor de celestiales
captivating Cibelesenamorar a la Cibeles
like Cantamañanas knows how to do.como sabe hacer el Cantamañanas.
I had a dreamy guitarTenia una guitarra soñadora
asleep in a roomdormida en una alcoba
at the Triana Inn.de la Pension Triana.

The treasure I was looking forEl tesoro que buscaba
I knew it wasyo sabia que estaba
hidden in one of those versesen uno de esos versos escondido
and when I had you by my sidey cuando te tuve a mi lado
I realized that I had spentcomprendi que habia pasado
my whole life dreaming of you.la vida entera soñando contigo.

With you,Contigo,
with you,contigo,
my whole life with you...la vida entera contigo...
and when I had you by my sidey cuando te tuve a mi lado
I realized that I had spentcmprendi que habia pasado
my whole life dreaming of you.la vida entera soñando contigo.

My whole life with you.La vida entera contigo.