Mujer Sin Sombrero

Woman Without a Hat

Mujer Sin Sombrero

If a bureaucrat and a poet were to love the same womanSi un funcionario y un poeta amaran la misma mujer
What new implication would the cunning war they suffer haveQue nueva implicación tendría la guerrá astuta que padecen
And ultimately where would victory, love, settleY en fin donde se posaría la victoria, el amor

The bureaucrat with his dutiesEl funcionario con funciones
The poet changing his voiceEl poeta cambiando de voz
Both falling apartLos dos haciéndose pedazos
Against the fearsome loveContra el temible amor
Both falling apartLos dos haciéndose pedazos
Against the fearsome loveContra el temible amor

If I ask those present which of the two they supportSi les pregunto a los presentes a cual de los dos le van
The disheveled ones for the poet and the well-groomed for suicideLos despeinados al poeta y los peinados al suicidio
And only I bet everythingY solo yo lo apuesto todo
On the womanA la mujer

We made love by the windowHicimos el amor en la ventana
And the neighbor across complainedY el vecino de en frente se quejo

You didn't know that, I didn't sayEso no lo sabias, no lo dije
Which window got wetterQue ventana mejor se humedeció

I didn't make it to the sea but I went to the townNo llegue a ir al mar pero fui al pueblo
And in the place where your voice wentY en el lugar donde iba tu voz

There was always silence, a great silenceSiempre se hizo silencio un gran silencio
No one took your seat, your songNadie ocupo tu silla, tu canción

We must save those memories from all that was ruinHay que salvar esos recuerdos de todo lo que fue ruin
We must save those memories to save youHay que salvar esos recuerdos para salvarte a ti

There is a love that gives daily that will understand youHay un amor que da a lo diario que te va a comprender
And another that sings and immortalizes that makes you transcendY otro que canta y eterniza que te hace trascender

Each one gives what they have, some give needCada cual da lo que tiene unos dan necesidad
And others give words, we'll see which lasts longerY otros regalan las palabras veremos que dura mas
And others give wordsY otros regalan las palabras
We'll see which lasts longerVeremos que dura mas

There is the omnipotent loveHay el amor omnipotente
There is the desperate loveHay el amor desesperado
That disheartens stonesQue descorazona las piedras
That is more seed than seedQue es mas semilla que semilla
That is more plow than the plowQue es mas arado que el arado

There is the love of love, of love there is the love like a tombHay el amor de amor, de amor hay el amor como una tumba
There is the love of labyrinths more complicated than a hatHay el amor de laberintos mas complicados que un sombrero
There is the love close to ChristHay el amor cercano a Cristo

My love has not been so tremendousMi amor no ha sido tan tremendo
Nor so wide, nor so beautiful, nor so sad, nor so wiseNi tan ancho, ni tan bello, ni tan triste, ni tan sabio
Nor so alone, nor so crazy, nor so everything, nor so nothingNi tan solo, ni tan loco, ni tan todo, ni tan nada
But it singsPero canta