Lyrics of La aparecida - Jorge Drexler

La aparecida (original)

Se va la tarde en Zanja Honda
La playa es bruma y resplandor
El viento desde el mar invoca su voz
Dicen que vuelve cada marzo
Que canta cuando ya no hay luz
Y desde la Playa del Faro
La vieron flotar hacia el Sur
Vine a verte, aparecida, luz del mirador
Música de las mareas
Con el ocaso detenido
El mar es menos que un rumor
Y da paso a cada sonido
A cada cambio de color
Me tiré solo hasta las dunas
Con la primera oscuridad
A verla andar sobre la espuma
Toda mentira y de verdad
Vine a verte, aparecida, luz del mirador
Música de las mareas, dame tu canción
Crucé la noche caminando
Desde El Cabito hasta el farol
Colgándome de una botella
Tentando a la imaginación
Y entre la caña y la vigilia
La vi pasar más de una vez
Yo la seguía por la orilla
Cuando empezaba a amanecer
Vine a verte, aparecida, luz del mirador
Música de las mareas

(translation)

The afternoon goes by in Zanja Honda
The beach is mist and glow
The wind from the sea summons his voice
They say he comes back every March
That she sings when there is no light
And from the Lighthouse Beach
They saw her float to the South
I came to see you, appeared, light from the lookout
music of the tides
With the twilight stopped
The sea is less than a rumor
And gives way to every sound
At every color change
I threw myself alone to the dunes
with the first darkness
To see her walk on the foam
All lies and truth
I came to see you, appeared, light from the lookout
Music of the tides, give me your song
I walked through the night
From El Cabito to the lantern
hanging from a bottle
tempting the imagination
And between the cane and the vigil
I saw it happen more than once
I followed her along the shore
when it was beginning to dawn
I came to see you, appeared, light from the lookout
music of the tides