Alfonsina y el mar [English translation]

Across the soft sand

that the waves lick

Her small footprints

are not coming back anymore

Only one path only

made of sorrow and silence

Reached the deep water

One path made only

of untold sorrows

Reached the foam

Only God knows about the anguish

That accompanied you.

What old pains

Stopped your voice

To lay down

Lulled by the song

Of the seashells

The song sung

In the dark depth of the sea

By the seashell

You're going away, Alfonsina

Along with your loneliness

What kind of new poems

did you go looking for?

An ancient voice

made of wind and salt

Is shattering your soul

and taking you away

And you go there,

like in dreams

Asleep, Alfonsina,

dressed with the sea.

Five little mermaids

will escort you

Through paths made of seaweed

and corals

And phosphorescent

sea horses will make

A ring, by your side

And the aquatic dwellers

Will soon play

by your side

Dim the light of the lamp

a bit more for me

Let me sleep in peace,

nurse

And if he calls

don't tell him I'm here

Tell him that I have left

You're going away, Alfonsina

Along with your loneliness

What kind of new poems

did you go looking for?

An ancient voice

made of wind and salt

Is shattering your soul

and taking you away

And you go there,

like in dreams

Asleep, Alfonsina,

dressed with the sea.