Dime,Hermano

Tell Me, Brother

Dime,Hermano

Tell me, brother:Dime, hermano:
Why can't the mountain¿Por qué la montaña
forget about the sea?no ha podido olvidarse del mar?
The ungrateful one left one morningEl ingrato se fue una mañana
and never wanted to return.y no quiso jamás regresar.
With ladylike patience, she waitsCon señora paciencia lo espera
and dreams that he will come backy va soñando que ya ha de volver
and the rivers are tears of sorrow,y los ríos son llanto de pena,
sorrow of one who has lost a love.pena del que ha perdido un querer.

Tell me, brother:Dime, hermano:
Is it true that the moon¿Es verdad que la luna
is the sun that went to bathees el sol que se ha ido a bañar
and returned covered in foam,y que ha vuelto cubierto de espuma,
splashing the darkness?salpicando la oscuridad?
Tell me, brother:Dime, hermano:
Could it be that the waves,¿Será que las olas,
restless little pieces of the sea,pedacitos inquietos de mar,
only peek at the horizonsólo hasta el horizonte se asoman,
because they haven't learned to swim?porque no han aprendido a nadar?

I don't want to knowNo quiero yo saber
how the universe moves.cómo se mueve el universo.
I only know that with a kissYo sólo sé que con un beso
you give meaning and life to my voice.le das sentido y vida a mi voz.
Who moves the sea so much?¿Quién mueve tanto el mar?
And who lights up the sky?¿Y quién enciende el firmamento?
Let your little eyes tell me,Que me lo digan tus ojitos,
light of my verse and my song.luz de mi verso y de mi canto.

Tell me, brother:Dime, hermano:
Is it true that the desert¿Es verdad que el desierto
has lost the desire to love?ha perdido las ganas de amar?
Every night the clouds kiss it,Cada noche las nubes lo besan,
but they don't want to leave water.pero agua no quieren dejar.
Tell me, brother:Dime, hermano:
Does nature,La naturaleza,
which teaches me about good and evil,que me enseña del bien y del mal,
perhaps have a huge sadness?¿Tiene acaso una enorme tristeza?
Reason has buried a dagger in it.La razón le ha enterrado un puñal.

Tell me, brother:Dime, hermano:
Why aren't the stars¿Por qué a las estrellas
allowed to go out for a walk?no las dejan salir a pasear?
With their round and flirty shape,Con su forma redonda y coqueta,
it's true they must take care,cierto es que se deben cuidar,
but I know about square planets,pero sé de cuadrados planetas,
from a distant solar system,de un lejano sistema solar,
that lived by closing the doorque vivieron cerrando la puerta
and were swallowed by the voracious infinite.y los tragó el infinito voraz.

I don't want to knowNo quiero yo saber
how the universe moves.cómo se mueve el universo.
I only know that with a kissYo sólo sé que con un beso
you give meaning and life to my voice.le das sentido y vida a mi voz.
Who moves the sea so much?¿Quién mueve tanto el mar?
And who lights up the sky?¿Y quién enciende el firmamento?
Let your little eyes tell me,Que me lo digan tus ojitos,
light of my verse and my song.luz de mi verso y de mi canto.

I don't want to knowNo quiero yo saber
how the universe moves.cómo se mueve el universo.
I only know that with a kissYo sólo sé que con un beso
you give meaning and life to my voice.le das sentido y vida a mi voz.
Who moves the sea so much?¿Quién mueve tanto el mar?
And who lights up the sky?¿Y quién enciende el firmamento?
Let your little eyes tell me,Que me lo digan tus ojitos,
light of my verse and my song.luz de mi verso y de mi canto.