Paroles et traduction José Luis Perales - El Loco

El Loco

Dice que el viento tiene alas
Y que el sol es un globo que han colgado
Y que las nubes no son nubes
Que son caballos blancos
Dice que el día es la noche
Y dice que la noche es la mañana
Y que las gotas de la lluvia son lágrimas de plata

Dice que su guitarra es su mujer
Y la acaricia lentamente
Mientras la vida pasa junto a él, indiferente
Hay un niño jugando alrededor
Y le sonríe dulcemente
La tarde pone un beso una vez más sobre su frente

Dice que el frío es una hoguera
Donde van a quemarse las palabras
Dice que la pradera es un pañuelo de seda perfumada
Dice que el rico es un mendigo
Dice que la riqueza está en el alma
Y que sus manos no son manos
Que son palomas blancas

Hay un niño jugando alrededor
Y le sonríe dulcemente
La tarde pone un beso una vez más sobre su frente
Dice que la mentira es la verdad
Y la verdad es la mentira
Y en el tiempo que dura una canción se va la vida

The Madman

He says that the wind has wings
And that the sun is a balloon that has been hung
And that the clouds are not clouds
That they are white horses
He says that day is night
And he says that night is morning
And that the raindrops are silver tears

He says that his guitar is his woman
And he caresses it slowly
While life passes by him, indifferent
There is a child playing around
And he smiles at her sweetly
The evening places a kiss once more upon his forehead

He says that the cold is a bonfire
Where words go to burn
He says that the meadow is a handkerchief of perfumed silk
He says that the rich man is a beggar
He says that wealth is in the soul
And that his hands are not hands
That they are white doves

There is a child playing around
And he smiles at her sweetly
The evening places a kiss once more upon his forehead
He says that a lie is the truth
And the truth is a lie
And in the time that a song lasts, life goes away