| Una bolsa de leche encallada en la arena,
| A bag of milk stranded in the sand,
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| un murmullo azul como un cascabel,
| a blue murmur like a rattle,
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| un viento salado que se mete en las venas,
| a salty wind that gets into the veins,
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| una algarabía estira, estira la piel.
| a hubbub stretches, stretches the skin.
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| (Desde el sol caía un velo blanco, luz de mediodía)
| (From the sun fell a white veil, midday light)
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| Cerca del mar.
| Near the sea.
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| Toda piel se vuelve presa del yodo,
| All skin becomes prey to iodine,
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| toda bisagra se vuelve a herrumbrar,
| every hinge rusts again,
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| todo el mundo dice pasar de todo,
| everyone says pass everything,
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| y todo el mundo vuelve, vuelve a probar.
| and everyone comes back, tries again.
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| (Una casa blanca se va hundiendo sola entre las dunas)
| (A white house sinks alone into the dunes)
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| Cerca del mar, cerca del mar.
| Near the sea, near the sea.
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| Una vez se fueron hasta la playa,
| Once they went to the beach,
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| una noche antes de Carnaval,
| one night before Carnival,
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| una vez se pasaron de la raya,
| once they crossed the line,
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| todo el año para rememorar.
| all year to remember.
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| (El viento llevaba una guitarra lejos en la noche)
| (The wind carried a guitar far into the night)
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| Cerca del mar, cerca del mar,
| Near the sea, near the sea,
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| Cerca del mar, cerca del mar.
| Near the sea, near the sea.
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| Una sombra crece en el horizonte,
| A shadow grows on the horizon,
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| una carpa vuela en el temporal,
| a carp flies in the storm,
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| los bañistas como pueden se esconden, cargan con lo que pudieron salvar.
| bathers hide as best they can, carrying what they could save.
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| (Ese mar no es agua y sal, es sangre verde y desbocada)
| (That sea is not water and salt, it is green and runaway blood)
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| Una rastafari del barrio de Pocitos,
| A Rastafarian from the neighborhood of Pocitos,
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| flota en el sopor de la grappamiel,
| floats in the torpor of the grappamiel,
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| prueba la madera de un entrepiso,
| taste the wood of a mezzanine,
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| haciendo el amor en puntas de pie.
| making love on tiptoe.
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| (Todo brillo es oro bajo el lente leve del verano)
| (All glitter is gold under the light lens of summer)
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| Cerca del mar, cerca del mar,
| Near the sea, near the sea,
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| cerca del mar, cerca del mar. | near the sea, near the sea. |