Translation of the song lyrics Amores Eternos - Joaquín Sabina

Amores Eternos (original)

Desnuda se sentía igual que un pez en el agua,
vestirla era peor que amortajarla;
inocente y perversa como un mundo sin dioses,
alegre y repartida como el pan de los pobres.
No quise retenerla, ¿de quéhubiera servido
deshacer las maletas del olvido?
Pero no séquédiera por tenerla ahora mismo
mirando por encima de mi hombro lo que escribo.
Le di mis noches y mi pan, mi angustia, mi risa,
a cambio de sus besos y su prisa;
con ella descubríque hay amores eternos
que duran lo que dura un corto invierno.
Conservo un beso de carmín que sus labios dejaron
impreso en el espejo del lavabo,
una foto amarilla, un corazón oxidado,
y esta sed del que añora la fuente del pecado.
Antes que la carcoma de la vida cotidiana
acabara durmiendo en nuestra cama,
pagana y arbitraria como un lunes sin clase
se fue de madrugada, no quiso ser de nadie.
Le di mis noches y mi pan, mi angustia, mi risa,
a cambio de sus besos y su prisa;
con ella descubríque hay amores eternos
que duran lo que dura un corto invierno.

Amores Eternos (translation)

Naked she felt like a fish in water,
dressing her was worse than shrouding her;
innocent and perverse as a world without gods,
cheerful and distributed like the bread of the poor.
I didn't want to hold her back, what good would she have been
unpack the bags of oblivion?
But I don't know if I wanted to have her right now
looking over my shoulder at what I write.
I gave him my nights and my bread, my anguish, my laughter,
in exchange for his kisses from her and his haste from her;
With her I discovered that there are eternal loves
that last as long as a short winter.
I keep a crimson kiss that her lips left
printed on the sink mirror,
a yellow photo, a rusty heart,
and this thirst of the one who yearns for the source of sin.
Before the rot of everyday life
would end up sleeping in our bed,
pagan and arbitrary as a Monday without class
she left at dawn, she didn't want to belong to anyone.
I gave him my nights and my bread, my anguish, my laughter,
in exchange for his kisses from her and his haste from her;
With her I discovered that there are eternal loves
that last as long as a short winter.