| Turbio fondeadero donde van a recalar
| Shady anchorage where they are going to land
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| barcos que en el muelle para siempre han de quedar;
| boats that must remain at the dock forever;
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| sombras que se alargan en la noche del dolor;
| shadows that lengthen in the night of pain;
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| naufragos del mundo que han perdido el corazón;
| castaways of the world who have lost their hearts;
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| puentes y cordajes donde el viento viene a aullar;
| bridges and ropes where the wind comes to howl;
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| barcos carboneros que jamás han de zarpar;
| coal ships that will never set sail;
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| torvo cementerio de las naves que, al morir,
| grim cemetery of the ships that, when dying,
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| sueñan, sin embargo, que hacia el mar han de partir.
| they dream, however, that towards the sea they have to depart.
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| Niebla del Riachuelo,
| creek mist,
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| amarrado al recuerdo
| tied to the memory
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| yo sigo esperando;
| I'm still waiting;
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| niebla del Riachuelo,
| creek mist,
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| de ese amor, para siempre,
| of that love, forever,
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| me vas alejando…
| you're driving me away...
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| Nunca más volvio;
| I never came back;
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| nunca más la vi;
| I never saw her again;
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| nunca más su voz nombro mi nombre junto a mi…
| never again her voice called my name next to me...
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| …esa misma voz que dijo «Adios!».
| …that same voice that said “Goodbye!”
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| Sueña, Marínero, con tu viejo bergantin;
| Dream, Sailor, with your old brigantine;
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| bebe tus nostalgias en el sordo
| drink your nostalgia in the deaf
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| LLueve sobre el puerto, mientras tanto, mi cancion;
| It rains on the port, meanwhile, my song;
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| llueve lentamente sobre tu desolación…
| it rains slowly on your desolation…
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| Anclas que ya nunca, nunca mas, han de levar;
| Anchors that never, never again, have to lift;
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| bordas de lanchones sin amarras que soltar;
| huts of barges without moorings to release;
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| triste caravana sin destino ni ilusion,
| sad caravan without destiny or illusion,
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| como un barco preso en la botella del figon… | like a ship imprisoned in the figon bottle… |