Barco Quieto

Barco quieto

Quiet boat

No te vayas, te lo pido,

Don't go, I ask you,

de esta casa nuestra

from this house of ours

d? hemos vivido.

where we have lived.

Qu?ostalgia te puedo llevar

What nostalgia can I bring you

si de la ventana

if from the window

no vemos el mar

we don't see the sea

y afuera llora la ciudad

and outside the city cries

tanta soledad.

so much loneliness.

Todo pasa, todo cansa

Everything passes, everything tires,

y uno se arrepiente

and one regrets

de estar en su casa

being in their home

y de pronto se asoma

and suddenly peeks

a un rinc?a mirar con l?ima su coraz?y afuera llora la ciudad

at a corner to look with tears at their heart

tanta soledad.

and outside the city cries

No te vayas, qu?te

Don't go, stay

que ya estamos

as we are already

de vuelta de todo

back from everything

y esta casa es nuestro

and this house is our

modo de ser.

way of being.

Tantas charlas, tanta vida,

So many talks, so much life,

tantas noches con olor a comida

so many nights with the smell of food

con una eternidad familiar

with a family eternity

en un solo d?no puede cambiar

in a single day cannot change

y afuera llora la ciudad

and outside the city cries

tanta soledad.

so much loneliness.

Estos muros, estas puertas

These walls, these doors

no son de mentiras,

are not lies,

son el alma nuestra.

they are our soul.

Barco quieto, morada interior

Quiet boat, inner abode

que vivimos lo hicimos

that we lived, we did

igual que el amor.

just like love.

Y afuera llora la ciudad

And outside the city cries

tanta soledad.

so much loneliness.

No te vayas, qu?te

as we are already

que ya estamos

back from everything

de vuelta de todo

and this house is our

y esta casa es nuestro

way of being.

modo de ser.