Aquí Estoy Largando Penas

Here I am letting go of sorrows
By the calm waters on the riverbank
Waiting for a canoe to take me far away
To an unknown place

Where the cowboy will find me
And the lightest thought of that intriguing love
That came and hit my poor heart hard
Leaving my chest aching, lonely, sad, and empty.

White, silent, traveling foam
And messenger, hear what I confide in you.
But the day you meet that little foam
Don’t tell her what I’ve suffered for her.

Let her live in peace, let her continue
Being in life what she thinks she should be
Shattering feelings in her fun little world
While I let out laments on the riverbank.

On the riverbank, alone and in despair
I find myself letting go of sorrow
Right at the spot where her last
Footsteps were marked in the sand.

Without saying goodbye or anything, I saw her as
She walked away, leaving me a curse
At night, the crickets give me hope
That if I wait on the shore, the full moon will bring her back.

But those are just tabulations, a spark
Of illusions, a little bird told me
Perched on a wild stallion, and behind
Her came other little birds in a chain.

Lonely with my anguish, they sang just melodies
Of innocent good souls, and I
Avoiding sinking her, sang to my dark-haired girl
While my life slips away, I find myself letting go of sorrows.

Here I will stay, sad, crying because you
Left me alone on the riverbank
And let my song go cleansing from beach to beach
Along the Arauca River.

And until my soul dries up like a raisin
In the heretic act of crying, ungrateful woman.
Finally, I will grow strong with a new resolve
I won’t stop loving you because I won’t need it anymore.

But if that day doesn’t come, my heart begs you
Send me at least a letter
I want to know about you, and if you can, come back to me
Because your absence is killing me.

And wherever you are, I want you to remember
What I tell you in my song
You who didn’t even say goodbye, I love you, I have hope
That one day you’ll return, sad and I happy on the riverbank…