Lyrics of El manantial - Nacha Guevara

El manantial (original)

Ay amor, que te vas
Como un ave fugaz
Y el plumaje lo deja
Donde se ha ido
Ay amor, que te vas
Esperando encontrar
Lo que nunca has hallado ni hallarás
Érase un camino muerto
Por los años y el dolor
De ser camino y no poder caminar
Lo ataban al cruel destino
De esperar y esperar
Y llegó un manantial
Cauce joven de amar
Y se puso a regar lo que murió
Ni el amor ni el dolor
De agua fresca de amar
Pudieron impedir lo que pasó
Érase un camino muerto
Por los años y el dolor
De ser camino y no poder caminar
Lo ataban al cruel destino
De esperar, y esperar
Y llegó un manantial
Cauce joven de amar
Y se puso a regar lo que murió
Ni el amor ni el dolor
De agua fresca de amar
Pudieron impedir lo que pasó
El manantial se secó
El camino se murió

(translation)

Oh love, you're leaving
like a fleeting bird
And the plumage leaves it
Where did he go
Oh love, you're leaving
Hoping to find
What you have never found nor will you find
Once upon a dead road
For the years and the pain
Of being a road and not being able to walk
They tied him to cruel fate
Of waiting and waiting
And a spring came
young bed of love
And she began to water what died
Neither love nor pain
fresh water to love
They were able to prevent what happened
Once upon a dead road
For the years and the pain
Of being a road and not being able to walk
They tied him to cruel fate
To wait, and wait
And a spring came
young bed of love
And he began to water what died
Neither love nor pain
fresh water to love
They were able to prevent what happened
the spring dried up
the road died