Paroles et traduction Rubén Blades - Sebastián

Sebastián

En cada barrio hay, por lo menos, un loco
El del nuestro se llamaba Sebastián
Lavaba carros y hacía de todo un poco
Para ganarse el pan

Sebastián tenía una novia imaginaria
Y con ella discutía sin cesar
Se ataba al cuello una capa hecha de trapos
Y corriendo por las calles lo escuchábamos gritar

Sebastian, si me quieres conquistar
Solo las estrellas bastaran, solo las estrellas bastaran

En cada loco hay, por lo menos, un sueño
Ser amado era el ideal de Sebastián
Con papel, lata, cartón y mucho empeño
Comenzó su plan

Por amor, alucinando, implacable fue creando
La más grande super nave espacial
Para irse con su novia de nuestro barrio de mierda
Hacia el mundo sideral

En cada sueño hay por lo menos un drama
Y entre angustias se enredaba Sebastián
Una noche cuando con el cielo hablaba
Sobre el horizonte vio una luz cruzar
Feliz, gritó: "espérame"

Y lo vi correr lanzándose en el mar
Tratando aquel destello recobrar
Porque solo las estrellas bastaran
(Solo las estrellas bastaran)

Sobre la arena sucia de la playa del mercado
Hay una vaina que parece un proyectil
De sus alas cuelga una capa de trapos
De su sombra, una soledad sin fin

Su novia imaginaria aún lo espera
En las noches hace guardia frente al mar
Nadie la conquistará
A ninguna otra ilusión se entregará

Fiel al loco que le dio la eternidad
Porque solo las estrellas bastaran
(Solo las estrellas bastaran)
(Solo las estrellas bastaran)

(Sebastián)
(Sebastián)

Sebastian

In every neighborhood there's, at least, one crazy person
The one in ours was called Sebastian
He washed cars and did a little bit of everything
To earn his bread

Sebastian had an imaginary girlfriend
And he argued with her constantly
He tied a cape made of rags around his neck
And running through the streets we heard him scream

Sebastian, if you want to conquer me
Only the stars will be enough, only the stars will be enough

In every crazy person there's at least one dream
To be loved was Sebastian's ideal
With paper, tin, cardboard and a lot of effort
He began his plan

For love, hallucinating, relentlessly he created
The greatest super spaceship
To leave with his girlfriend from our shitty neighborhood
Towards the sidereal world

In every dream there is at least one drama
And among anxieties, Sebastian got entangled
One night, as he was talking to the sky
He saw a light cross over the horizon
Happy, he shouted: "Wait for me"

And I saw him run and throw himself into the sea
Trying to recover that glimmer
Because only the stars will be enough
(Only the stars will be enough)

On the dirty sand of the market beach
There is a thing that looks like a projectile
A cape of rags hangs from its wings
From its shadow, an endless solitude

His imaginary girlfriend still waits for him
At night she stands guard in front of the sea
No one will conquer her
She will not surrender to any other illusion

Faithful to the madman who gave her eternity
Because only the stars will be enough
(Only the stars will be enough)
(Only the stars will be enough)

(Sebastian)
(Sebastian)