Celia de la Serna

Roberto Vecchioni

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	Traducción al español / Traduzione spagnola / Spanish translation...
CELIA DE LA SERNA	CELIA DE LA SERNA

You are not writing anymore	Ya no escribes
and I am not hearing you anymore	e ya no te escucho,
I know what you do	se lo que haces
and I’m a little scared, you know.	y tengo un poco de miedo, sabes.
They are without sun	Estan sin sol
the streets of Rosario,	las calles de Rosario,
it makes your heart ache	hace doler el corazón
having an extraordinary son:	tener un hijo sxtraordinario:
knowing you’re there	sabiendote allá
I’m proud and alone,	estoy orgullosa y sola,
But forgetting you ...	pero olvidarte ...
is just a word ...	es sólo una palabra ...
My child,	Mi niño,
grain of salt,	grano de sal,
you always used to be	siempre fuistes
somewhat special,	un poco especial,
with your soccer ball,	con tu pelota,
black with bruises and beatings,	negro de moretones y palizas golpes,
and that coughing, love,	y esa tos, amor,
that never left you alone by night;	que nunca te dejaba en paz de noche;
and sleeveless, in front of the river for hours and hours,	y sin mangas, delante del rio por horas y horas,
closing your eyes,	cerrando tus ojos,
hung from my heart.	colgado a mi corazón.

Oh mother, mother,	Oh madre, madre,
what an infinite, immense sky	¡Qué cielo infinito e inmenso
world would be	sería el mundo,
if it resembled you!	si se parecese contigo!
Men and dreams	Hombres y sueños
as like your words,	como tus palabras,
earth and wheat	la tierra y el trigo
as like your hairs.	como tus cabellos.

You are my chant,	Tú eres mi canto,
my memory,	mi memoria,
there is nothing else	no hay nada más
in my story;	en mi historia;
sometimes you know it,	a veces sabes,
It seems to me like hearing	me parece escuchar
the "mighty one"	la "poderosa"
turned on in the courtyard:	encendida en el patio:
and I look out: "Fuser,	y miro hacia afuera: "Fuser,
Fuser has come back",	Fuser ha regresado",
and I look out, and there is just the lawn.	y miro hacia afuera, y sólo hay el cesped.

Oh mother, mother,	Oh madre, madre,
if you knew what a grief!	si supieras que dolor!
It is not the world	No es ese mundo
you used to sing to me:	que solías cantarme:
look out,	tú mira hacia afuera,
always look out,	tú mira hacia afuera siempre,
and always hope	y espera siempre
not to see me anymore;	de no verme más;
I will be that son	seré ese hijo
you really love,	que tú amas de verdad,
only and just	solamente y sólo
until you'll see me.	hasta que no me veras.

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