Canasta de Sueños

Aunque a veces resulta muy caro

Although it is sometimes very expensive

Ser cabal y sincero,

To be upright and sincere,

Yo me doy con los ojos cerrados

I give myself with closed eyes

Al cariño que quiero.

To the affection that I desire.

Mi pecho es una barca

My chest is a boat

Con un pasajero

With one passenger

Tan pobre que ha sido

So poor that he has been

Piloto y remero.

Pilot and oarsman.

Y es cosa que tú quieras

And it's something you might want

Vivir en mi pecho

To live in my chest

Pagando el derecho

Paying the right

Con algo de amor.

With some love.

Esas nubes parecen carrozas

Those clouds look like carriages

Que conducen al cielo;

That lead to heaven;

Allá voy, si me matan dos cosas

There I go, if two things kill me

El amor y los celos.

Love and jealousy.

Mi pecho es una caja

My chest is a box

Que guarda un lucero,

That holds a star,

Lucero de sangre

Blood star

Que dice "te quiero".

That says "I love you".

Y es cosa que tú quieras

And it's something you might want

Vivir en mi pecho

To live in my chest

Pagando el derecho

Paying the right

Con algo de amor.

With some love.

Le pedí al vendedor canastero

I asked the basket seller

Le pedí con empeño

I asked insistently

Que me ayude a vender a quien quiero

To help me sell to whom I want

Mi canasta de sueños.

My basket of dreams.

Mi pecho es un palacio

My chest is a palace

De un solo habitante

With only one inhabitant

Que no se conforma

Who is not satisfied

Con verte distante.

With seeing you distant.

Y es cosa que tú quieras

And it's something you might want

Vivir en mi pecho

To live in my chest

Pagando el derecho

Paying the right

Con algo de amor.

With some love.