Paroles et traduction Jaime Roos - Las Luces del Estadio

Las Luces del Estadio

Todos hemos pasado alguna alborada
Por la puerta del bar donde pasa la vida
Donde a la medianoche reviven fantasmas
Y el poeta a su musa da la bienvenida

Donde las horas pasan m? s tristes que ella
Igual que una mueca de vieja comparsa
Donde vuelve a piantarse la ni? a m? s bella
Dejando perfumes que ahuecan el alma

Cuando llega la hora en que no hay m? s reenganche
Y el gallego bosteza mientras
Cuenta la guita
Quedan tres trasnochados empinando el estribo
Tintineante el c? liz del agua bendita

Todo est? terminando, sin embargo los tipos
Se prenden al m? rmol, eterno testigo
Discuten, se abrazan, recuerdan, sonr? en
Es simple junarlos, son viejos amigos

Uno tiene en los ojos el humo del billar
Otro a las ilusiones se las llev? el remate
El tercero es el? nico que se dice normal
Justo? l que ha vivido cuidando un empate

Agoniza la noche, se anuncia el maldito
El mozo le baldea
Las patas al escabio
Y uno de los tres bate al ver que est? aclarando
"? Aguanten, che!, son solo... las luces del estadio"

The Stadium Lights

We've all been through a few late nights
By the door of the bar where life passes by
Where at midnight ghosts come to life
And the poet welcomes his muse

Where the hours pass by sadder than her
Like a grimace of an old carnival
Where the prettiest girl walks out again
Leaving behind perfumes that hollow out the soul

When the time comes that there's no more going back
And the bartender yawns as
He counts the money
Three nighthawks remain, finishing their drinks
The chalice of holy water clinking

It's all coming to an end, yet the guys
Hold onto the marble, an eternal witness
They argue, they hug, they remember, they smile
It's easy to tell, they're old friends

One has the smoke of the pool hall in his eyes
Another's dreams were taken by the auctioneer
The third is the only one who calls himself normal
The very one who has lived his life playing to a draw

The night is dying, the cursed one is coming
The waiter mops
The feet of the table
And one of the three starts when he sees it's getting light
"? Hold on, guys, it's just... the stadium lights"