Текст и перевод песни Olimpo Cardenas - Cama Vacia

Cama Vacia

Desde un tetrico hospital
Dondes se hayaba internado
Casi agonico y rodeado
De un silencio sepulcral
Con su ternura habitual
La que siempre demostro
Quiza sin esfuerzo no
Desde su lecho sombrio
Un enfermo amigo mio
Esta carta me escribio
Querido amigo quiciera
Que al recibir la presente
Te hayes bien y que la suerte
Te acompa唎 por doquier
De mi parte bien quiciera
Decirte que estoy mejor
Al contarte mi dolor
Postrado en mi lecho yerto
Ya soy un pobre esqueleto
Que a mi mismo me da horror
La carta es para decirte
Que si podes algun dia
Veni a hacerme compa圂a
Vos que tanto me quiciste
Que estoy tan solo y tan triste
Que lloro sin contenerme
Ya nadie suele quererme
Todos se muestran impios
De tantos amigos mios
Ninguno ha venido a verme
Mas yo te doy la razon
Pue veo en mi soledad
Que esa llamada amistad
Es tan solo una ilusion
Cuando uno esta en condicion
Tiene amigos granel
Pero si el destino es cruel
Y hacia un avismo nos tira
Vemos que todo es mentira
Y que no hay amigo fiel
Bueno aqui ya me despido
Y al poner punto final
Recibe un abrazo leal
Que siempre te ha querido
Y a tu mama que no olviso
Tambien mis recuerdos dale
Mucha devocion mostrale
Y de caricias colmala
Vos que la tienes cuidada
﹖I supieras cuanto vale!
Llego el domingo y ansioso
Por aquel amigo leal
Penetre en el hospital
Cabizbajo y pesaroso
Me dirigi silencioso
Al lugar donde sabia
Que en su lecho encontraria
Mas ahi ya no lo encontre
Y asombrado me quede.
Al ver su cama vacia

Empty Bed

From a dreary hospital
Where he was confined
Near death and surrounded
By a deathly silence
With his usual tenderness
Which he always showed
Perhaps effortlessly
From his gloomy bed
A sick friend of mine
Wrote me this letter
Dear friend, I would like
That upon receiving this
You are well and that fortune
Accompanies you everywhere
For my part, I would like
To tell you that I am better
In telling you my pain
Lying in my cold bed
I am already a poor skeleton
That horrifies even me
The letter is to tell you
That if you can someday
Come and keep me company
You who loved me so much
That I am so lonely and so sad
That I cry uncontrollably
No one seems to love me anymore
All are unkind
Of my many friends
None have come to see me
But I understand you
Because I see in my solitude
That this so-called friendship
Is just an illusion
When one is in good health
One has many friends
But if fate is cruel
And throws us into an abyss
We see that it is all a lie
And that there is no true friend
Well, here I bid you farewell
And as I put an end to this
Receive a loyal embrace
From one who has always loved you
And to your mother, whom I have not forgotten
Also send my regards
Show her much devotion
And shower her with affection
You who care for her
Oh if you only knew how precious she is!
Sunday arrived and eager
For that loyal friend
I entered the hospital
Disheartened and sorrowful
I silently headed
To the place where I knew
I would find him in his bed
But I did not find him there
And I was astonished
To see his bed empty