El mundo que yo no viva [English translation]

The world where I don't live

I though of it as a weird thing,

like a wonder arch.

Oh, deary me!

Will the rain sound

near the fire in the cold nights?

Will August have boats in the river?

And you the gentle smile?

Will shine in the paper I sow

the black flower of the ink?

Oh, deary me!

Will be possible that friends

come and say "He was

a man and he loved you a lot"

and you say "a lot crying"?

That's the world I don't know,

submerged Atlantis.

Oh, deary me!

There the palms lay

emeralds. There the offsprings

of the dolphin graze emeralds,

there there's no night nor day.

When they milk the flock,

the purple sea becomes sour.

Oh, deary me!

Cleaner than gold water

is the world where I don't live:

theere's no ships for plowing foams

neither plow for the vines;

the great tree gives its fruit

to who says the name of the fruit.

Oh, deary me!

That world isn't mine:

it's yours: the one in your pupils

drowned since always

and doesn't reach my sight.

I'd like to get into that world,

before my time comes.

Oh, deary me!