Translation of the song lyrics La Vieja de la Plaza - Alberto Cortez

La Vieja de la Plaza (original)

Quiso tener un hijo
para llamarlo Luna
y por querer, lo quiso
más que ninguna.
Que todas las estrellas
de las alturas,
fueran madre con ella,
una por una.
Quiso tener un hijo
para estrenarlo a tiempo,
antes de que la vida
le ponga precio.
Le amarre la fortuna
entre los dedos
o acaso la locura,
la luz o el miedo.
Quiso tener un hijo
y se marchó a buscarlo.
Revisó las galaxias,
astro por astro.
Se llenaron de niebla
sus ojos claros,
en las muchas tinieblas
del desengaño.
Quiso tener un hijo,
pero no tiene nada
más que un paisaje triste
en la mirada
y un mundo de muñecos
sobre la cama
y el alma, como el cuarto,
desordenada.
Es esa pobre vieja
que sentada en la plaza,
ve jugar a los niños
alucinada.
Ella hubiera querido
llamarlo Luna…
y por querer, lo quiso
más que ninguna.
Aunque jamás lo dijo,
la vieja de la plaza
sé, que esperaba un hijo,
yo sé que lo esperaba,
mas se fueron sus sueños
de trasnochada
y como no volvieron
ya no espera más nada.

La Vieja de la Plaza (translation)

wanted to have a child
to call it moon
and for wanting, she wanted it
more than none.
that all the stars
from the heights,
were mother with her,
one by one.
she wanted to have a child
to release it on time,
before life
put a price on it
I tied the fortune
between the fingers
or perhaps madness,
the light or the fear.
wanted to have a child
and she went to look for him.
She checked the galaxies,
star by star
they were filled with fog
her clear eyes,
in the many darkness
of disappointment.
She wanted to have a child
but she has nothing
more than a sad landscape
in the look
and a world of dolls
on the bed
and the soul, like the fourth,
messy.
she is that poor old woman
that sitting in the square,
she sees the children play
hallucinated.
she would have wanted
call it moon...
and for wanting, she wanted it
more than none.
Although she never said it
the old woman in the square
I know that she was expecting a child
I know that she expected it
but his dreams left
late night
and since they did not return
she no longer expects anything.