Below, I translated the lyrics of the song De La Ausencia Y De Ti, Velia by Silvio Rodriguez from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
ahora sólo me queda buscar me diamante
Now I only have to look for my diamond
la respiración
the breathing
no mirad a los mapas seguiré en mi mismo
Don't look at the maps I'll stay on my own
no andar ciertas calles
not walk certain streets
olvidar que fue en mí una vez cierto un
forget that it was in me once true a
o hacer la canción
or do the song
y decirte que todo está igual
and tell you that everything is the same
la ciudad los amigos y el mal
the city, friends and evil
y esperando por ti
and waiting for you
sigo yendo a tete
I keep going to tete
semana tras semana te acuerdas de allá
week after week you remember there
hoy hablo de fusiles
today I talk about rifles
despidiendo muertos yo sé que ella me
saying goodbye to the dead I know that she
ama es por eso tal vez que te siento en
she loves that's why maybe i feel you in
aunque ahora no estás
although now you are not
y se siente la compensación
and she feels the compensation
no será que llegó la impresión
it will not be that the impression arrived
de la ausencia de ti
of the absence of you
no quisiera un fracaso en el sabio
I would not want a failure in the wise
delito que es recordarlo
crime that is to remember
y el inevitable
and the inevitable
defecto que es la nostalgia de cosas
defect that is the nostalgia of things
pequeñas y tontas
small and dumb
como en el mundo
as in the world
pixar te los piel
pixar you skin them
madrugada sin ir a dormir
early morning without going to sleep
si es distinto sentir
if it is different to feel
muy distintos
very different
las ideas son vagas hoy día en un cuento
ideas are vague today in a story
pulsar flores por ti
press flowers for you
hoy quisiera ser viejo y muy sabio y
Today I would like to be old and very wise and
poderte des y lo que aquí no he podido
be able to give and what I could not here
habla a la comuna
talk to the commune
un libro salvaje
a wild book
como un muerto que aprende a besar
like a dead person who learns to kiss
para ti para mí
for you for me
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