Lyrics of Alfonsina Y El Mar - Maurane

Alfonsina Y El Mar (original)

Por la blanda arena
Que lame el mar
Su pequena huella
No vuelve mas
Un sendero solo
De pena y silencio llego
Hasta el agua profunda
Un sendero solo
De penas mudas llego
Hasta la espuma
Sabe Dios qu angustia
Te acompano
Qu dolores viejos
Callo tu voz
Para recostarte
Arrullada en el canto
De las caracolas marinas
La cancion que canta
En el fondo oscuro del mar
La caracola
Te vas Alfonsina
Con tu soledad
Qu poemas nuevos
Fueste a buscar?
Una voz antigua
De viento y de sal
Te requiebra el alma
Y la esta llevando
Y te vas hacia alla
Como en suenos
Dormida, Alfonsina
Vestida de mar
Cinco sirenitas
Te llevaran
Por caminos de algas
Y de coral
Y fosforecentes
Caballos marinos haran
Una ronda a tu lado
Y los habitantes
Del agua van a jugar
Pronto a tu lado
Bajame la lampara
Un poco mas
Djame que duerma
Nodriza, en paz
Y si llame l No le digas nunca que estoy
Di que me he ido
Te vas Alfonsina
Con tu soledad
Qu pomas buscar?
Una voz antigua
De viento y de sal
Te requiebra el alma
Y la esta llevando
Y te vas hacia alla
Como en suenos
Dormida, Alfonsina
Vestida de mar.

(translation)

through the soft sand
that licks the sea
your little footprint
does not come back anymore
a single path
Of sorrow and silence I arrive
to the deep water
a single path
From mute sorrows I arrive
up to the foam
God knows what anguish
I accompany you
what old sorrows
I silence your voice
to lay you down
Lulled in song
Of the sea shells
the song that sings
In the dark bottom of the sea
the conch
You're leaving Alfonsina
with your loneliness
what new poems
Did you go looking?
an ancient voice
Of wind and salt
it requires your soul
and he is taking it
And you go there
as in dreams
Asleep, Alfonsina
dressed in the sea
five little mermaids
They will take you
Along paths of algae
and coral
and phosphorescent
Seahorses will do
A round by your side
and the inhabitants
They are going to play from the water
soon by your side
lower my lamp
A little more
let me sleep
Nurse, in peace
And if I call him, don't ever tell him I'm here
Say I'm gone
You're leaving Alfonsina
with your loneliness
What pomes to look for?
an ancient voice
Of wind and salt
it requires your soul
and she is taking it
And you go there
as in dreams
Asleep, Alfonsina
Dressed in the sea