| Dices que vengo, que voy | You say I arrive and depart—comet, bright and fleeting, |
| Que siento, que escucho, que pertenezco | That I am sorrow’s vessel, music’s ear, belonging’s thread, |
| Que sirvo para mucho | That I am meant for much, a chalice brimming, |
| Que me estremezco | That I tremble, all my bark peeled back by feeling, |
| Que mi mirada es limpia, suave brisa | That my gaze is clear—a dawn-breath, gentle air, |
| Que sientes el deseo de tenerme cerca | That longing stirs in you, a tide drawing me near, |
| Que te distancias, por miedo a perderme | That you retreat, fearing the loss more than the closeness, |
| Que el barrio es mas hermoso | That the quarter blooms anew, streets brushed with color, |
| Desde que apareci | Since I appeared—like rainfall, after drought, |
| Que soy la flor, que alumbra el jardin | That I am the flower who lights the garden’s shadowed altar, |
| El viento que se lleva a la senora luna | The wind that carries off the stately lunar lady, |
| Para que luzca el sol | So the sun may spill its gold upon the world, |
| Mi amor | My love, |
| Hoy solo quiero decir | Today, I wish to say but this— |
| Siento lo mismo por ti | I feel the selfsame flame for you, |
| El mismo sentimiento por ti | The same tide rising in my chest for you, |
| Que si | Indeed, |
| Que si | Indeed, |
| Que bien | How fine, |
| Que me encanta escucharte | Your voice is music to my hungry silence, |
| Adoro sentirte | To sense you—my heart’s most ardent festival, |
| Verte moverte | To watch you move—your grace reshapes the air, |
| Y sorprenderte de pronto | And see you startled by delight, |
| Haciendote cosquillas en las rodillas | As my fingers, nimble, wake laughter from your knees, |
| Que si | Indeed, |
| Que si | Indeed, |
| Que bien | How fine, |
| Que me encanta escucharte | Your voice, again, is music to my waiting, |
| Adoro sentirte | To sense you—stillness breaking into bloom, |
| El barrio es mas hermoso | The quarter blooms with richer hue, |
| Desde que apareciste | Since you arrived—dawn through my window, |
| Que hoy luce el sol en mi corazon | Today the sun unfurls within my heart, |
| Mi nina mi amor mi rayo de luz | My girl, my love, my vein of morning light, |
| El camino que lleva a tu casa | The path that leads to your warm threshold |
| Es mi alegria | Is my rejoicing, |
| La primavera ha llegado a la ciudad | Spring has swept the city’s stone with emerald, |
| Y no sabes lo bien que me sienta, mama | And you cannot know how well it suits me, mother, |
| Los dias tranquilos, transcurren serenos | The tranquil days float past, serene as drifting clouds, |
| Tus pasos los mios, peinando el sendero | Your footsteps, mine, like combs across the dew-bright path, |
| Quien dijo que los muertos | Who claimed the dead |
| No iban a resucitar? | Would never rise again? |
| Hoy llego mas puro que el agua mineral | Today I come more pure than mountain water’s secret, |
| Tu cara, tu casa | Your face, your house— |
| Tu ojos sonriendo en mi cara | Your eyes, a smile dawning across my own, |
| La brisa, la manana, el sol por la ventana | The breeze, morning’s hush, sunlight poured through glass, |
| La calma, caricias, tu respiracion | Calm, caresses, the hush of your breath at my cheek, |
| Resuenan campanas desde el comedor | Now dining-room bells chime their silver in the air, |
| Las nubes, en el cielo, y pasa un avion | Clouds wander the sky, and a plane passes, |
| Dibuja una linea blanca, algodon | It sketches a white thread—cotton spun in blue, |
| Tu almohada, tus ojos, tu mirada | Your pillow, your eyes, the light that glimmers in your gaze, |
| Estoy en tu casa, ador tu casa | I dwell within your house, I cherish your embrace— |
| Pas un avion, traza una linea | A plane passes, tracing a line, |
| Ahora de plata | Now of silver, |
| De plata, la medlla de subcampeon | Of silver—the medal of the one who almost won, |
| Hoy gana, tus ganas, ganamos los dos | Today you triumph, your longing triumphant—we both are crowned, |
| Estonosepara | This will not part |