Paroles et traduction Julio Martel - La Novia Ausente

La Novia Ausente

A veces repaso las horas aquellas
Cuando era estudiante y tu eras la amada
Que con tus sonrisas repartias estrellas
A todos los mozos de aquella barriada.
Ahhhh! las noches tibias, Ahhhh! la fantasia
De nuestra veintena de abriles felices,
Cuando solamente tu risa se oia
Y yo no tenia mis cabellos grises.
Ibamos del brazo y tu suspirabas
Porque muy cerquita te decia, "Mi bien,
Ves como la luna se enreda en los pinos
Y su luz de plata te besa en la sien?
Al raro conjuro de noche y reseda
Temblaban las hojas del parque también
Y tu me pedias que te recitara
Esta "sonatina" que soño Rubén:
"La princesa esta triste! Que tendra la princesa?
Los suspiros se escapan de su boca de fresa
Que ha perdido la risa, que ha perdido el color.
Al raro conjuro de noche y reseda
Temblaban las hojas del parque también
Y tu me pedias que te recitara
Esta "sonatina" que soño Rubén.

Absent Bride

Sometimes I revisit those hours
When I was a student, and you were my beloved
Who with your smiles distributed stars
To all the young men in the neighborhood.
Ahhh! the warm nights, Ahhhh! the fantasy
Of our twenties of happy Aprils,
When only your laughter was heard
And I didn't have gray hair.
We walked arm in arm, and you sighed
Because nearby I would say, "My dear,
See how the moon gets tangled in the pines
And its silver light kisses your temple?
At the strange spell of night and mignonette fragrance
The park leaves trembled, too
And you asked me to recite
This "sonatina" that Ruben dreamed:
"The princess is sad! What could the princess have?
Sighs escape from her strawberry mouth
Because she's lost her laughter, she's lost her blush.
At the strange spell of night and mignonette fragrance
The park leaves trembled, too
And you asked me to recite
This "sonatina" that Ruben dreamed.