Lyrics of Historia de la Silla - Silvio Rodríguez

Historia de la Silla (original)

Letra de ''Historia de la silla''
En el borde del camino hay una silla
La rapia merodea aquel lugar
La casaca del amigo esta tendida
El amigo no se sienta a descansar
Sus zapatos de gastados son espejos
Que le queman la garganta con el sol
Y a travs de su cansancio pasa un viejo
Que le seca con la sombra el sudor
En la punta del amor viaja el amigo
En la punta ms aguda que hay que ver
Esa punta que lo mismo cava en tierra
Que en las ruinas, que en un rastro de mujer
Es por eso que es soldado y es amante
Es por eso que es madera y es metal
Es por eso que lo mismo siembra rosas
Que razones de bandera y arsenal
El que tenga una cancin tendr tormenta
El que tenga compaa, soledad
El que siga un buen camino tendr sillas
Peligrosas que lo inviten a parar
Pero vale la cancin buena tormenta
Y la compaa vale soledad
Siempre vale la agona de la prisa
Aunque se llene de sillas la verdad

(translation)

''Story of the chair'' lyrics
On the edge of the road there is a chair
The prey prowls that place
The friend's coat is hanging
The friend does not sit down to rest
His worn out shoes are mirrors
That they burn his throat with the sun
And through her weariness of him passes an old
That dries his sweat with the shade
At the tip of love travels the friend
At the sharpest point there is to see
That point that digs the same in the ground
That in the ruins, that in a trace of a woman
That's why he's a soldier and he's a lover
That's why he is wood and he is metal
That's why the same thing sows roses
What flag reasons and arsenal
He who has a song will have a storm
He who has company, loneliness
He who follows a good path will have chairs
Dangerous that they invite you to stop
But the song is worth a good storm
And the company is worth loneliness
It's always worth the agony of the rush
Although the truth is filled with chairs