Paroles et traduction Pasión Vega - A orillas de la ciudad

A orillas de la ciudad

Era tan pobre su amor
Que se hizo el fuerte para no mentir
Y sin mirarla le dio
Dos rosas que le arrancó de un jardín.
Ella las puso en un florero,
A que les diera la luz del basurero.
Sobre un roído colchón,
Se le entregó sin apenas comer
Y el miedo les susurró
Que uno y uno siempre suman tres;
Y descubrió que eran tan pobres
Que ni los gatos maúllan por la noche.

Y a orillas de la ciudad
Se hicieron tal para cual
Bajo el cielo malherido
Y entre nubes de alquitrán,
Buscaron a Peter Pan
Como dos niños perdidos.
Y por no verla llorar
Se disfrazó de poeta:
"Dame un beso, corazón,
Que nos está observando Dios
Y Dios ahoga pero no aprieta".

Y un día, al amanecer,
Llegó el progreso y la demolición,
Como si fuera papel,
Cayó el palacio de chapa y cartón,
Y a otra cosa mariposa...
...no respetaron ni las rosas.

Y a orillas de la ciudad,
Sin patria ni libertad,
Bajo un cielo malherido,
Entre nubes de alquitrán,
Buscaron a Peter Pan
Como dos niños perdidos.
Y por no verlo llorar
Lo acarició con dulzura:
"Dame un beso, corazón,
No llores más, que existe
Un Dios para los que viven
A oscuras.
Dame un beso, corazón,
Que yo sí que tengo un Dios
Apretando mi cintura.
Dame un beso, corazón,
Que nos está observando Dios...
...que él sí que está más
Solo que la una".

On the outskirts of the city

His love was so poor
That he pretended to be strong to avoid lying
And without looking at her, he gave her
Two roses that he had plucked from a garden.
She put them in a vase,
To let them have the light from the trash can.
On a threadbare mattress,
She gave herself to him without hardly eating
And fear whispered to them
That one and one always add up to three;
And she discovered that they were so poor
That even cats do not meow at night.

And on the outskirts of the city
They became like each other
Under the wounded sky
And among clouds of tar,
They looked for Peter Pan
Like two lost children.
And to keep her from crying
He disguised himself as a poet:
"Give me a kiss, my love,
Because God is watching us
And God drowns, but does not squeeze".

And one day, at dawn,
Progress and demolition arrived,
As if it were paper,
The palace of tin and cardboard fell,
And on to something else, butterfly...
...they did not even respect the roses.

And on the outskirts of the city,
Without country or freedom,
Under a wounded sky,
Among clouds of tar,
They looked for Peter Pan
Like two lost children.
And to keep him from crying
She caressed him with sweetness:
"Give me a kiss, my love,
Don't cry anymore, because there is
A God for those who live
In the dark.
Give me a kiss, my love,
Because I do have a God
Squeezing my waist.
Give me a kiss, my love,
Because God is watching us...
...because he is even more
Lonely than the one".