Mar Y Luna

Chico Buarque
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Amaron amor urgente

They loved urgent love

Las bocas saladas por la marejada

Mouths salty from the swell

Las costas dañadas por las tempestades

Coasts damaged by storms

De en esta ciudad tan distante del mar

In this city so distant from the sea


Amaron el amor sereno

They loved serene love

De nocturnas playas

On nocturnal beaches

Alzaban las faldas

Lifting their skirts

Y sin luna amaban de felicidad

And without the moon, they loved in happiness

En aquella ciudad

In that city

Tan sin brillo lunar

So lacking lunar brightness


Amaron el amor prohibido

They loved forbidden love

Hoy eso es sabido

Today that is known

Todo el mundo cuenta

Everyone tells

Que una andaba lenta

That one walked slowly

Grávida de luna

Heavy with the moon

Y otra iba desnuda

And the other went naked

Ávida de mar

Craving the sea


Y fueron quedando marcadas

And they were left marked

Oyendo las risas

Listening to laughter

Temblando de frío

Trembling with cold

Mirando hacia en el río tan lleno de luna

Looking towards the river so full of moon

Y que continúa

And it continues

Fluyendo hacía el mar

Flowing towards the sea


Y fueron corrientes abajo

And they went downstream

Rodando en el lecho

Rolling in the bed

Y tragando agua

And swallowing water

Flotando con algas

Floating with seaweed

Arrastrando hojas

Dragging leaves

Abrazando flores

Embracing flowers

Hasta naufragar

Until shipwrecked


Se fueron volviendo peces

They turned into fish

Volviendo almejas

Turning into clams

Volviendo espuma

Turning into foam

Volviendo arena

Turning into sand

Plateada arena

Silver sand

Con luna llena

With a full moon

Orilla al mar

On the seashore

Moderated by Isabel Ruiz
Quito, Ecuador October 24, 2024
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