El Olvido
Gaitan Castro
Lyrics
Translation
Quisiera estar presente
I would like to be present
El dia de mi entierro
On the day of my burial
Para ver si entre la gente
To see if among the people
Estan los que yo mas quiero
Are those whom I love the most
Quisiera estar conmigo
I would like to be with myself
En mi ultima morada
In my final resting place
Para tener un carino
To have some affection
Donde nadie tiene nada
Where no one has anything
Quisiera aunque escondido
I would like, even if hidden
Alla en el camposanto
There in the graveyard
Llorar para mi el olvido
To cry for myself the forgetfulness
De los que hoy me quieren tanto
Of those who love me so much today
Quisiera ahi quedarme
I would like to stay there
Mirando el cuerpo mio
Looking at my body
Para ver quien va a llorarme
To see who will cry for me
Cuando todos se hayan ido
When everyone else has gone
Ay. la vida
Oh, life
Se me esta yendo, como se fue mi suerte
It is slipping away from me, like my luck went
Poco a poquito,
Little by little,
Pero eso no me hara llorar
But that won't make me cry
A mi jamas
Never in my life
Me acobardo la muerte
Did death intimidate me
El olvido...
Forgetfulness...
Lo que si me hace temblar
What truly makes me tremble
Es el olvido
Is forgetfulness
Llegar el diaa
The day comes
Que no me han de recordar,
When they won't remember me
Pobre hay de mi
Poor me
Ni mis seres tan queridos.
Not even my dearly beloved
Ay. la vida
Oh, life
Se me…
It is slipping away from me...