Dolores

Pains

Dolores

Dear friend, I can't stay silentQuerida amiga, no puedo quedarme callada
I've known you since I was a childQue te conozco desde que era niña
When my grandmother cooked andCuando mi abuela cocinaba y
Remembered your green eyesRecordaba tus ojos verdes

Although I no longer knew your nameAunque ya no sabía cómo se llamaba
With my hand on the Bible, I tell youCon la mano en la biblia te lo digo yo
You are freer than all the unbearable and arrogant menTú eres más libre que todos los hombres insufribles y arrogantes
Able to bury your joyCapaces de sepultar tu alegría

Saying that your poetryDiciendo que tu poesía
Was not up to par and that you weren't worth itNo estaba a la altura y que no lo valías
Poorly loved and sufferingMal querida y sufridora
You learned that loveAprendiste que el amor

Was the one waiting at homeEra el que esperaba en casa
The one who didn't ask, the one who offered devotionEl que no preguntaba, el que ofrecía devoción
In exchange for stabsA cambio de puñaladas
The one who died and killed for loveEl que moría y mataba de amor

How could you say that you weren't that?¿Cómo ibas a decir que tú no eras esa?
That there was no coin in the worldQue no había en el mundo moneda
Neither false nor trueNi falsa ni verdadera
That could pay for what you gaveQue pudiera pagar lo que dabas

That took away all your sadnessQue quitara toda tu tristeza
You who had the voice of lost womenTú que tenías la voz de las mujeres perdidas
And at the same time the voice of your beloved SpainY a la vez la voz de tu España querida
Cutting through the wind in your wakeCortando el viento a tu paso

You were always misunderstoodFuiste siempre incomprendida
As if that pain, that painComo si esa pena, esa pena
Was the only possible wayFuese la única forma posible
To loveDe amar