Divorcio [English translation]

You went away and you left me

locked in hell

a divorce, and a thousand papers

and a pile of memories.

Since then, I haven't found

a good explanation.

I still don't know why you left

but it's starting to get better.

But what hurts me the most

is that when you left my side

you have even taken with you the nails

leaving nothing, not even the oil lamp.

And now I want you to bring me back

my saddle and my horse,

my machete, and my rosary,

my coffee mug.

And now I want you to bring me back

the portrait of my grandmother,

my parrot Magdalena,

and my game of chess.

And now I want you to bring me back

my cassettes, my pots,

my dog, the goat and the cat,

and the requinto I found.

And now I want you to bring me back

my Colombian spirit,

my Australian passport,

and my wall clock.

But what hurts me the most

is that when you left my side

you have even taken with you the nails

leaving nothing, not even the oil lamp.