Mujer de Papel

Paper Woman

Mujer de Papel

This story starts like thisEsta historia comienza asi
with a painter in his gray roomcon un pintor en su pieza gris
on his table a drawing on papersobre su mesa un dibujo en papel
of that woman who was unfaithful to himde esa mujer que le fue infiel

His world went darkEl mundo se le apago
when his drawing took flightcuando su dibujo voló

Through the windows the wind blew inPor las ventanas el viento entro
with the force of that red autumncon la fuerza de ese otoño rojo
the little woman with the sad eyesla mujercita de los ojos tristes
flew up to the sky, into the gray cloudsVolo hacia el cielo hasta las nubes grises

Since then her journey beganDesde entonces su viaje empezo
flying from town to townvolando de pueblo en pueblo
but in every place she arrivedpero en cada lugar al que llegara
the passersby didn’t even glance at herlos caminantes ni siquiera la miraban

And then she started to fade awayY entonces se empeso a perder
Her body was about to disappearSu cuerpo iba a desaparecer

The wind, the cold, the rain, and the mudEl viento, el frio, la lluvia y el barro
slowly turned her into dusten polvo de a poco la transformaron
her little pieces of thin papersus pedasitos de papel delgado
ended up wandering among riversterminaron entre rios vagando

The painter, long dead nowEl pintor ya muerto hace
among his sheets soaked in bloodentre sus sabanas llenas de sangre
and in the autumn the wind brings himy en el otoño el viento le trae
his woman from distant starsa su mujer desde astros distantes

ahhhh she comes and goesahhhh se viene y se va
with the stars and the seaCon las estrellas y el mar