Comparsa Silenciosa [English translation]

They play and play in the air,

and the floor tiles stay away

for a llamada 1 to pass

silently by Durazno street.

To pass by dreaming

with their cuerda 2 of illusion

the five little brown-skinned kids

and the ghost of a drum.

Playing, playing, playing they go,

they hear the wood even if isn't there.

Playing, playing, dreaming they go,

five little brown-skinned kids through the city.

They play and souds in the air

of their hands and their skin

the rhythm of a Figari 3

in a silentful swinging.

Nobody else but them listen

that imaginary sound,

only the flight of their hands

is announce of a drum.

Playing, playing, playing they go,

they hear the wood even if isn't there.

Playing, playing, dreaming they go,

five little brown-skinned kids through the city.

Playing, playing, playing they go,

they hear the wood even if isn't there.

Playing, playing, dreaming they go,

five little brown-skinned kids through the city.

1. The llamadas parade. A parade related to the Uruguayan carnival and the candombe2. A group of drummers3. A painting of Pedro Figari, uruguayan painter whose paintings were many times based on the Uruguayan scene, including carnivals