| Cierta vez en la mañana de un país de montañas
| Once upon a time in the morning of a country of mountains
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| Azules, miraba yo esas nubes pequeñas, que suelen
| Blue, I looked at those small clouds, which usually
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| Quedar como prendidas de las piedras en la mitad
| Stay as if caught by the stones in the middle
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| Del cerro. | The hill. |
| El aire, ausente. | The air, absent. |
| Mas arriba, un cielo azul
| Above, a blue sky
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| Abajo, la tierra dura, y cálida
| Below, the earth hard, and warm
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| Alguien me dijo unas raras palabras refiriéndose
| Someone said some strange words to me referring
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| A esas nubecitas blancas, quizá lejanas ya, que
| To those little white clouds, perhaps distant now, that
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| Embellecían el paisaje…
| They embellished the landscape…
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| Eso, que usted está mirando, no son nubes, amigo
| That, that you are looking at, are not clouds, friend
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| Yo creo que son vidalas olvidadas, esperando que
| I think they are forgotten vidalas, waiting for
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| Alguien comprenda su silencio, entienda su palabra
| Someone understand his silence, understand his word
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| Intuya su canción
| Guess your song
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| Poco tiempo después de ese momento que no se puede
| A short time after that moment that cannot be
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| Traducir cabalmente, porque está más allá de nuestro
| Translate fully, because it is beyond our
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| Entendimiento, nació la vidala del silencio | Understanding, the life of silence was born |