Me Tropecé Contigo

I Stumbled Upon You

Me Tropecé Contigo

I stumbled upon you in the spring,Me tropecé contigo en primavera,
On a red and hazy April night,Una noche de abril roja y calina,
My blood turned into a vine,Se volvió mi sangre enredadera,
Under the lamp, the light from that corner.Bajo el farol son luz de aquella esquina.

You gave me the softness of your wax,Me diste la blandura de tu cera,
And I gave you the salt from my shore,Y yo te di la sal de mi salina,
And we sailed together without a flag,Y navegamos juntos sin bandera,
Across the sea of the rose and the thorn.Por el mar de la rosa y de la espina.

And then to die,Y después a morir,
To make two rivers without oleanders,A hacer dos ríos sin adelfas,
Dark and empty for the clumsy mouths of the crowd.Oscuros y vacíos para la boca torpe de la gente.

But before God, two moons,Pero ante Dios, dos lunas,
Two swords, two dyes,Dos espadas, dos tinturas,
Two mouths intertwined,Dos bocas enlazadas,
And two arches of love from the same bridge.Y dos arcos de amor del mismo puente.

You gave me the softness of your wax,Me diste la blandura de tu cera,
And I gave you the salt from my shore,Y yo te di la sal de mi salina,
And we sailed together without a flag,Y navegamos juntos sin bandera,
Across the sea of the rose and the thorn.Por el mar de la rosa y de la espina.

And then to die,Y después a morir,
To make two rivers without oleanders,A hacer dos ríos sin adelfas,
Dark and empty for the clumsy mouths of the crowd.Oscuros y vacíos para la boca torpe de la gente.

But before God, two moons,Pero ante Dios, dos lunas,
Two swords, two dyes,Dos espadas, dos tinturas,
Two mouths intertwined,Dos bocas enlazadas,
And two arches of love from the same bridge.Y dos arcos de amor del mismo puente.