Paroles et traduction Fernando Delgadillo - Ese Duende Tu Recuerdo

Ese Duende Tu Recuerdo

Hay de mí si vuelvo a andar
Siguiendo a tu recuerdo
Hace que saluda con aire travieso
Y se vuelve a esconder
Bajo las cortinas o tras un claro del sol
Es pequeño, frágil, leve, y de dulce tiene un color
A hurtadillas salta al espejo y cuando miró
Solo soy dolor.

La otra noche le vi gracioso
Anotando en un pañuelo
Y al prender la luz brincó asustado y se desdibujó.
El pañuelo tenia unas líneas
Ayer soñé decían
Que un suspiro nuevo
(Aquí no le entiendo que dice)
Y soñando más imposible
Yo soñé que te quería

Luego antier paseo nervioso
Llamando de cuando en cuando
Pero ya no quise ni tratar
De nuevo en pensar en él
De noche le oí llorando
Mas no tanto como yo
Ayer sé que estuvo enfermo
Y por la tarde ya no pudo
Y hoy temprano por no atender
A tu recuerdo este se me murió

Hay de mí, hay de mí
Qué tanto por él sufrí
Y pensar qué de tanto estar cantando
Ya le he visto por ahí

That Goblin Your Memory

Oh, how I'd suffer if I were to wander again,
Following your memory,
That little imp greets me with a mischievous grin,
Then scurries away to hide,
Behind the curtains or through a patch of sunlight.
He's small, fragile, light, with a sweet color,
He jumps to the mirror on the sly, and when I look
I see only pain.

The other night, I saw him scribbling,
On a handkerchief, with great amusement,
But when I turned on the light, he leaped in fright
And disappeared into thin air.
The handkerchief had a few lines written,
Yesterday I dreamed, it said,
(Here I can't make out what it says)
And in a dream, I dreamed the impossible,
I dreamed that I loved you again.

Then the day before yesterday, he paced around anxiously,
Calling out your name from time to time,
But I didn't want to think about him anymore,
So I tried to put him out of my mind.
At night, I heard him weeping,
But not as much as I did.
Yesterday, I know he was sick,
And by evening, he could no longer bear it.
And early this morning, for neglecting
Your memory, he died.

Oh, how I suffer,
How much I have suffered for him!
And to think that after all this singing,
I've already seen him out and about.