Translation of the song lyrics La Cama Vacía - Alci Acosta, Julio Jaramillo

La Cama Vacía (original)

Desde un tétrico hospital
Donde se hallaba internado
Casi agónico y rodeado de un silencio sepulcral
Con su ternura habitual, la que siempre demostró
Quizás con esfuerzo no, desde su lecho sombrío
Un enfermo amigo mío, esta carta me escribió
Querido amigo quisiera, que al recibir la presente
Te halles bien y que la suerte te acompañe por doquiera
Por mi parte y mal pudiera, decirte que estoy mejor
Si al contrario en mi dolor, postrado en mi lecho yerto
Yo soy un pobre esqueleto, que a mi mismo me da horror
La carta es para decirte, que si podes algún día
Veni hacerme compañía voz que tanto me quisiste
Estoy tan solo y tan triste, que lloro sin contenerme
Ya nadie suele quererme, todos se muestran impíos
De tantos amigos míos, ninguno ha venido a verme
Hoy yo te doy la razón, pues veo en mi soledad
Que esta llamada amistad, es tan solo una ilusión
Cuando uno esta en condición, tiene amigos a granel
Pero si el destino cruel hacia un abismo nos tira
Vemos que todo es mentira y que no hay amigo fiel
Bueno aquí ya me despido, al poner punto final
Recibí un abrazo leal, de el que siempre te ha querido
A tu mama que no olvido, también mis recuerdos dadle
Mucha devoción mostradle y de caricias colmarla
Vos que la tenès cuídala, si supieras cuanto vale
Llego el domingo y ansioso, por aquel amigo leal
Penetre en el hospital angustiado y pesaroso
Me dirigí silencioso, al lugar donde sabia
Que su lecho encontraría mas hay ni bien lo encontré
Asombrado me quede, al ver la cama vacía

(translation)

From a gloomy hospital
where he was hospitalized
Almost in agony and surrounded by a deathly silence
With his usual tenderness, the one he always showed
Perhaps not with effort, from his gloomy bed
A sick friend of mine, this letter wrote me
Dear friend, I would like that upon receiving this
You are well and may luck be with you everywhere
For my part and I could hardly tell you that I'm better
If, on the contrary, in my pain, prostrated on my stiff bed
I am a poor skeleton, which terrifies me
The letter is to tell you, that if you can one day
Come keep me company voice that you loved me so much
I'm so lonely and so sad, that I cry without holding back
No one usually loves me anymore, everyone is impious
Of so many friends of mine, none have come to see me
Today I agree with you, because I see in my loneliness
That this so-called friendship is just an illusion
When you're in condition, you have friends in bulk
But if cruel fate pulls us into an abyss
We see that everything is a lie and that there is no faithful friend
Well here I say goodbye, putting an end
I received a loyal hug, from the one who has always loved you
To your mother that I do not forget, also give her my memories
Show her a lot of devotion and fill her with caresses
You who have it, take care of it, if you knew how much it is worth
I arrived on Sunday and anxious, for that loyal friend
Enter the hospital distressed and sorrowful
I went silent, to the place where I knew
That his bed would find more there as soon as I found it
I was amazed, seeing the empty bed