Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The Simple Things by Chavela Vargas

Las Simples Cosas by Chavela Vargas

Uno se despide incensiblemente de pequeñas cosas
lo mismo que un arbol que en tiempo de otoño se queda sin hojas
al fin la tristeza es la muerte lenta de las simples cosas
esas cosas simples que quedan doliendo en el corazón
Uno vuelve siempre a los mismos sitios donde amo la vida
y entonces comprende como estan de ausentes las cosas queridas
por eso muchacha no partas ahora soñando el regreso
que el amor es simple y a las cosas simples las debora el tiempo
demorate a ti, en la luz solar de este medio dia
donde encontraras con el pan al sol la mesa tendida
por eso muchacha no partas ahora soñando el regreso
que el amor es simple y a las cosas simples las debora el tiempo
Uno vuelve siempre a los viejos sitios donde amo la vida...

One says goodbye
insensibly to small things
the same as a tree
that in the autumn will shed all its leaves
in the end, sadness is the slow death of simple things
those simple things that leave the heart aching.
One always returns to the same spaces where one loved life
and only then understands the absence of those loved things.
girl, that is why, you shouldn't part thinking of regressing
because love is simple and time devours simple things
take your time, in the midday sun's glow
where you will see the bread in the warmth of the sun and that the table is set.
girl, that is why, you shouldn't part...thinking of regressing
because love is simple and time devours simple things
One always returns to the same spaces where one loved life.

(translated by Sabrina Diz)

1 comment:

  1. Wow, this is beautiful. Strangely appropiate, also. Thanks for translating! It's very helpful to read both languages; one is able to kind of put the words together. Te quiero

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