| Alfonsina y el Mar (original) | Alfonsina y el Mar (translation) |
|---|---|
| Por la blanda arena | through the soft sand |
| Que lame el mar | that licks the sea |
| Su pequeña huella | your little footprint |
| No vuelve más | It doesn't come back anymore |
| Un sendero solo | a single path |
| De pena y silencio llegó | Of sorrow and silence came |
| Hasta el agua profunda | to the deep water |
| Un sendero solo | a single path |
| De penas mudas llegó | From mute sorrows it came |
| Hasta la espuma | up to the foam |
| Sabe Dios qué angustia | God knows what anguish |
| Te acompañó | she accompanied you |
| Qué dolores viejos | what old sorrows |
| Calló tu voz | silenced your voice |
| Para recostarte | to lay you down |
| Arrullada en el canto | Lulled in song |
| De las caracolas marinas | Of the sea shells |
| La canción que canta | the song that sings |
| En el fondo oscuro del mar | In the dark bottom of the sea |
| La caracola | the conch |
| Te vas Alfonsina | You're leaving Alfonsina |
| Con tu soledad | with your loneliness |
| ¿Qué poemas nuevos | what new poems |
| Fuíste a buscar? | Did you go looking? |
| Una voz antigüa | an ancient voice |
| De viento y de sal | Of wind and salt |
| Te requiebra el alma | it requires your soul |
| Y la está llevando | And she's taking her |
| Y te vas hacia allá | and you go there |
| Como en sueños | as in dreams |
| Dormida, Alfonsina | Asleep, Alfonsina |
| Vestida de mar | dressed in the sea |
| Cinco sirenitas | five little mermaids |
| Te llevarán | They will take you |
| Por caminos de algas | Along paths of algae |
| Y de coral | and coral |
| Y fosforescentes | and phosphorescent |
| Caballos marinos harán | Seahorses will |
| Una ronda a tu lado | A round by your side |
| Y los habitantes | and the inhabitants |
| Del agua van a jugar | They are going to play from the water |
| Pronto a tu lado | soon by your side |
| Bájame la lámpara | lower the lamp |
| Un poco más | A little more |
| Déjame que duerma | let me sleep |
| Nodriza, en paz | Nurse, in peace |
| Y si llama él | And if he calls |
| No le digas que estoy | Don't tell him I'm |
| Dile que Alfonsina no vuelve | Tell him that Alfonsina is not coming back |
| Y si llama él | And if he calls |
| No le digas nunca que estoy | Never tell him that I'm |
| Di que me he ido | Say I'm gone |
| Te vas Alfonsina | You're leaving Alfonsina |
| Con tu soledad | with your loneliness |
| ¿Qué poemas nuevos | what new poems |
| Fueste a buscar? | Did you go looking? |
| Una voz antigua | an ancient voice |
| De viento y de sal | Of wind and salt |
| Te requiebra el alma | it requires your soul |
| Y la está llevando | and he is taking her |
| Y te vas hacia allá | and you go there |
| Como en sueños | as in dreams |
| Dormida, Alfonsina | Asleep, Alfonsina |
| Vestida de mar | dressed in the sea |
