Paroles et traduction Alberto Cortez - El amor deolado

El amor deolado

Yo puse el esfuerzo
Y ella la desgana.
Yo el hondo silencio
Y ella la palabra,
Yo senda y camino
Y ella la distancia.
Yo puse los ojos
Y ella la mirada.

Quise entre mis manos
Retener el agua
Y sobre la arena
Levanté mi casa.
Me quedé sin manos,
Me quedé sin casa;
Fui raíz oscura
Y ella tronco y rama.

Para que la cuenta
Del amor sumara,
Ella puso el cuerpo,
Yo el cuerpo y el alma.
Era toda viento,
Yo todo montaña.
Yo pura resina,
Y ella pura llama.

Una noche oscura
Se fue de mi casa.
Cegaron mis ojos
Para no mirarla.
Para no seguirla
Cerré las ventanas.
Clausuré las puertas
Para no llamarla.

Puse rosas negras
Sobre nuestra cama.
Sobre su memoria
Puse rosas blancas.
Y a la luz difusa
De la madrugada,
Me quité la vida
Para no matarla.

Yo lo puse todo,
Vida, cuerpo y alma,
Y ella, Dios lo sabe,
Nunca puso nada.

Unrequited Love

I brought effort
And you, apathy.
I brought deep silence
And you, words,
I brought the path and the way
And you, the distance.
I brought my eyes
And you, your gaze.

I wanted to hold water
In my hands
And on the sand
I built my house.
I was left with no hands,
I was left with no house;
I was a dark root
And you, the trunk and branch.

So that the math
Of love would add up,
You brought your body,
I brought my body and soul.
You were all wind,
I was all mountain.
I was pure sap,
And you, pure flame.

One dark night
You left my house.
My eyes were blinded
So that I would not see you.
So that I would not follow you
I closed the windows.
I locked the doors
So that I would not call you.

I placed black roses
On our bed.
On your memory
I placed white roses.
And in the dim light
Of the dawn,
I took my life
So that I would not kill you.

I gave it all,
Life, body, and soul,
And you, as God knows,
Never gave a thing.