No Debes Marchar
Duncan Dhu
Lyrics
Translation
Todo sigue ahí
Everything is still there
tal y como lo dejé;
just as I left it;
la hierba, por fin,
the grass, finally,
ha crecido en el jardín.
has grown in the garden.
Cuánto tiempo fue?,
How much time has passed?
hace cuánto me marché?,
How long ago did I leave?
cuántas noches que
How many nights
sólo pensaba en volver, en volver,
did I only think of returning, of returning,
en volver, en volver
of returning, of returning,
a acabar lo que no acabé,
to finish what I didn't finish,
y a volver a despertar
and to wake up again
en mi viejo rincón?
in my old corner?
Hay un dicho que
There is a saying
cuenta la gente de aquí:
that the people here tell:
"No debes marchar
"You should not leave
si una rosa ha de llorar."
if a rose is going to cry."
Yo ya descubrí
I already discovered
que tan sólo una vez
that only once
puedes confundir
can you confuse
el amor con el placer, el placer,
love with pleasure, pleasure,
el placer, el placer,
pleasure, pleasure,
los labios de una mujer,
the lips of a woman,
y de mi ventana ver
and from my window, see
cuando el sol va a nacer.
when the sun is rising.
Esas piedras que
Those stones that
sostenían a mi hogar
supported my home
se han ganado ya
have earned the right
el derecho a descansar.
to rest now.
Esas gentes, hoy,
Those people today
no son las mismas de ayer,
are not the same as yesterday,
en sus ojos ves
in their eyes, you see
que te dan las gracias por volver,
they thank you for returning, for returning,
por volver, por volver
for returning, for returning,
a acabar lo que no acabé,
to finish what I didn't finish,
y a volver a despertar
and to wake up again
en mi viejo rincón,
in my old corner,
mi viejo rincón.
my old corner.
Mi viejo rincón.
My old corner.