El Aniversario

The Anniversary

El Aniversario

The road passes far away and she's lookingLejos pasa el camino y ella mirando
The evening among the orange treesLa tardecita entre los naranjos
So leisurely fading awayTan sin apuro apagándose

The dryness tells her there will be a stormLa serrazón le dice que habrá tormenta
Better if she gathers the dry clothesMejor si junta la ropa seca
Before the rain starts to fallAntes que el água empieza a caer

You know that Don José will say in a whileSabes que dom josé se dirá en un rato
That today is again the anniversaryQue hoy es de nuevo el aniversário
Of the departure of his JulianDe la partida de su julian

The son who went to those icy fieldsEl hijo que se fué a esos campos helados
To give his life as a soldierA dar la vida como soldado
For the flag and freedomPor la bandera y la libertad

The silence erasedEl silencio borró
The war that wasLa guerra que fué
Shame and painVerguenza y dolor

So much forgetting and goodbyeTanto olvido y adiós
She could never understandNo pudo entender
The reasonJamás la razón

The letter only said that he had foughtLa carta solo decía que habia luchado
Like a brave man and they killed himComo um valiente que lo mataron
In those cold southern fieldsEn eses frios campos del sur

That they wouldn't bring him backQue no lo traerian
That they left himQue lo dejaron
In that distant groundEn ese suelo tan alejado
Under a white and small crossBajo una blanca y pequeña cruz

She only shadows him occasionallyElla lo lombra solo de vez en cuando
But José keeps looking for himPero josé lo sigue buscando
With memories that never restCon los recuerdos sin descansar

He enters the house with his arms fullEntra en la casa con los brazos cargados
The dry clothes that are hangingLa ropa seca que hay descolgado
Quietly he starts to foldCalladamente empieza a doblar

Today the radio returnedHoy la radio volvio
To speak with loveA hablar con amor
Of that illusionDe aquella ilusion

It wasn't in vain he thoughtNo fué inutil pensó
Losing you, JulianPerderte julian
It seems notParece que no

The storm passedLa tormenta pasó
Life is thereLa vida esta allí
Trembling in the flowerTemblando en la flor

It's Sunday againEs domingo otravez
Tomorrow maybeManãna talvez
The sun shiningBrillando este el sol