A Un Niño

To a Child

A Un Niño

It's no use for me to hide the truthDe nada sirve que yo le oculte la verdad
I know he feels it as much as I dose que lo siente tanto como yo.
It's no use for him not to see it on TVDe nada sirve que no lo vea por televisión,
He goes out on the street and lives it like mesale a la calle y lo vive como yo.

And he comes home asking for an explanationY llega a casa pidiŽndome una explicación,
I hear someone talking about radioactivityescucho que alguien hablaba algo de la radioactividad
And he tells me and screams at mey me dice y me grita.

I want to liveQuiero vivir
In another worlden otro mundo
I want to dreamquiero soñar
Of lovecon el amor
I want to sleepquiero dormir
The whole nightla noche entera,
Without being afraid of not waking upsin tener miedo de no despertar.

It's no use for me to hide the truthDe nada sirve que yo le oculte la verdad
I know he feels it as much as I dose que lo siente tanto como yo.
It's no use for me to try to explain it to himDe nada sirve que yo le trate de explicar,
Because I also allow itporque también lo permito yo.

I'm letting his illusion fade awayEstoy dejando que se le acabe la ilusión
The hope of the future that in his dreamsla esperanza del futuro que en sus sueños
Is painted with a different color and he screams at mese pinta con otro color y me grita.

I want to liveQuiero vivir
In another worlden otro mundo
I want to dreamquiero soñar
Of lovecon el amor
I want to sleepquiero dormir
The whole nightla noche entera
Without being afraid of not waking upsin tener miedo de no despertar.

Are we going to let them drownA caso vamos a dejar que se ahoguen,
In all those drops of smilesen todas esas gotas las sonrisas
Are we going to take away their hopevamos a quitarle la esperanza
Are we going to let everything end herea caso vamos a dejar que todo termine aquí.

I want to sleep the whole nightQuiero dormir la noche entera
Without being afraid of not waking upsin tener miedo de no despertar.