Cadaver exquisito [English translation]

The day begins

and a sentimental light

wraps us, comes and goes

the fabulous universal symphony

wraps us, comes and goes

tango sex, sex and love

so much tango, so much pain

my life spins in contradiction,

I never conquered my heart

but where it was when

all what happened happened

talking to the mirror alone?

I come from a neighbourhood

so mean and criminal,

maybe it burns you, burns you maybe.

I come from a neighbourhood

always about to explode,

maybe it burns you, burns you maybe.

If living is worthless

you look for a reason to die.

Time taught me to look

sometimes taught me to silence,

where you were when all what happened happened

talking to the mirror alone?

The sadnes is so much and so ruin

that I celebrate the happy experience,

the stupidity of the world

never could and will never be able

to snatch the sensuality.

I look for my philosopher's stone

in the seven madmen, 1

in the sea,

in the exquisite corpse,

in having no mercy,

in the quintessence of the music,

inside of me in love.

And...

I hate to think,

I prefer your smile over all the truth

I take a one step forward,

one step back and I wonder

that I change something

to never change

everything is imperfect love

... and obvious.

1. "Los siete locos" is a novel by Roberto Arlt