Sapo Cancionero

Los Chalchaleros
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Sapo de la noche, sapo cancionero,

Frog of the night, singing frog,

Que vives soñando junto a tu laguna.

Who lives dreaming next to your lagoon.

Tenor de los charcos, grotesco trovero,

Tenor of puddles, grotesque troubadour,

Estás embrujado de amor por la luna.

You are enchanted with love for the moon.


Yo sé de tu vida sin gloria ninguna;

I know of your life without any glory;

Sé de las tragedias de tu alma inquieta.

I know of the tragedies of your restless soul.

Y esa tu locura de amor a la luna

And that madness of love for the moon

Es locura eterna de todo poeta

Is the eternal madness of every poet.


Sapo cancionero:

Singing frog:

Canta tu canción,

Sing your song,

Que la vida es triste,

Because life is sad,

Si no la vivimos con una ilusión

If we don't live it with an illusion.


Tú te sabes feo, feo y contrahecho;

You know you're ugly, ugly and deformed;

Por eso de día tu fealdad ocultas

That's why during the day you hide your ugliness.

Y de noche cantas tu melancolía

And at night, you sing your melancholy,

Y suena tu canto como letanía.

And your song sounds like a litany.

Repican tus voces en franca porfía;

Your voices ring out in open rivalry;

Tus coplas son vanas como son tan bellas

Your verses are empty yet so beautiful.

¿no sabes, acaso, que la luna es fría,

Don't you know, perhaps, that the moon is cold,

Porque dió su sangre para las estrellas?

Because she gave her blood for the stars?

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San José, Costa Rica March 30, 2025
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