Paroles et traduction José Larralde - Solo Fuimos

Solo Fuimos

Fuimos en el tiempo una quimera
Una balsa sin ribera
Y un destino sin mañana.

Retrato que envejece en el altillo
Un lucero sin su brillo
Y un morir cada semana.

Ventana por la que entraba el verano
Se me escapa entre la mano
Y se lleva nuestra risa
Y fuimos caminante sin retorno
Y en la chimenea adorno con las alas de ceniza
Sin ver que era la hora señalada
El expreso se marchaba y no pude retenerte.

Volviste a mi anden y yo era otoño
Marchitaste mi retoño al tiempo de tu partida
¿Adonde fueron todos nuestros sueños,
Adonde nuestras ansias, nuestras ansias y desvelos?
Dos sombras sin contorno en el tiempo
Un borrarse en el silencio vida mia solo fuimos.

We Were Only

We were once a wishful dream in time,
A raft without a shore,
And a destination with no tomorrow.

A portrait that ages on the top shelf,
A star without its shine,
And a death each week.

A window through which summer used to enter,
Slips through my hand
And takes our laughter with it.
And we were wanderers with no return
And upon the fireplace, I adorn it with ashen wings.
Without seeing that it was the appointed hour.
The express train was leaving and I could not hold you back.

You came back to my platform and I was autumn.
You withered my sapling at the time of your departure.
Where did all our dreams go,
Where did our desires, our anguish and our worries?
Two shadows without outline in time.
A fading into silence, my love, we were only.