Free Cinema [English translation]

Going out of the matinees

of English free cinema,

French polar cinema

and evenings at Rock-Ola 1,

I saw her going back

walking across Prosperidad 2

with a vacant look on her eyes.

Amongst all the others,

she knew how to be natural.

Plain she, and nothing else:

nothing but herself.

And when she spoke her voice,

her manners and her figure

hinted at a style.

Her particular blessing.

Her hair done as Louise Brooks 3,

a tango with the lights half on,

and then, for me she cast down

her cold exterior without fear.

Oh, how her body trembled...

When we were only two.

When we were two.

She spoke to me about books

that only now I can understand.

Stories of intense love,

war and peace, heaven and hell.

We've walked together

on uncharted grounds,

uncharted grounds...

Oh, yes...

Her hair done as Louise Brooks,

a tango with the lights half on,

and then, for me, she cast down

her cold exterior without fear.

Oh, how her body trembled...

When we were only two.

When we were two.

Just two...

1. Music bar at Madrid who was a very critical point during the years of the "Movida" musical boom, where a lot famous singers and groups would meet to play and socialize 2. A district located in the northwestern outer reaches of Madrid, mainly with housing for middle class workers or students 3. Very famous actress of north american silent films, which would later on gain popularity in Europe for her scandalous involvement in films that showed a way more overt sexuality and social criticism than the audiences were happy with. His bobbed haircut, with bangs on either side and to the length of the nape, is considered her most distinctive feature